Coronation Street's Charlotte Jordan on Daisy Midgeley's blackmail plot
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Coronation Street star Charlotte Jordan has opened up about the soap's upcoming blackmail plot.
Shocking scenes airing next week on the ITV soap will see Lauren Bolton threaten Ryan Connor after he decides to move out of her flat to turn his life around.
It comes after Ryan and Daisy give into passion and sleep together, and when Lauren gets wind of this she decides to blackmail Ryan by demanding he pay up £1,000, or she'll tell Daniel Osbourne.
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The scenes begin as Ryan decides to take a big step and show his scars to his online followers, Charlotte revealing that Daisy is "really proud" of the move.
"I think she's really moved by it," she said. "She wasn't expecting him to do it so soon, but and I think she also feels, again, that they've really got this connection because she's the one that's gotten through to him, and she's the one that said, this isn't who you are, you need to come clean, and he's done that pretty quickly.
"So I think it just confirms to her that they do have a really wonderful bond and connection."
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However, when she goes round to tell him how proud she is, "one thing leads to another – and inappropriate things happen for a woman who is soon to be wed to another".
"She knows what’s right and she knows what’s wrong, she’s tried to put distance between them, but once she’s in a private space with Ryan, it all seems to go out the window and she totally follows her heart and lives to regret it every time," the star explained.
"But she can’t seem to help herself. It’s all about the trauma bond, and it’s all about how no one else can understand what they’ve been through and what binds them together when she’s alone with."
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When she hears Daniel at the door, Daisy is filled with "pure panic, pure fear", Charlotte revealing: "It’s like a bucket of cold water over her, she’s back to reality and it dawns on her the gravity of what she’s done. And yeah, I think it’s just fear and panic."
Speaking of how Daisy feels when she learns of Lauren's blackmail, the actress explained: "She’s constantly trying to put out fires. She is exhausted, she is overwhelmed, she is feeling all the feelings, and she’s just trying to keep her head above water. She doesn’t want Daniel to find out because she does love him."
Sharing her own advice for her character, Charlotte admitted: "Honesty is the best policy. I think she should have come clean even about the kisses she had with Ryan and explained how confused she is, and how she’s got feelings for both of them.
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"And I think Daniel at that time probably would have been quite understanding about it if she’d just been honest. Because I think anyone would understand the bond they’ve got now, and I don’t think it’s crazy for her to have these romantic feelings for him, so I’m sure he’d have been quite understanding.
"But now, in true Daisy fashion, she’s gone about it in quite a deceitful way where she’s now lying and getting blackmailed, and all these plates are juggling around her. I don’t think it’s going to go down very well now! She’s gone about it in the wrong way – she’s made her bed, and now she’ll have to lie in it!"
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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