‘Bad boy is back!’ Coronation Street star confirms return less than a year after exit
Coronation Street star Scott Anson has confirmed a return for far-right extremist Reece Bolton.
The star appeared on the ITV soap intermittently between 2022 and his last appearance in March 2024.
Reece is the father of Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton), who – as part of Griff Reynolds’ (Michael Condron) gang – groomed his teenage daughter into helping the group’s vile cause.
They then used her to recruit Max Turner (Paddy Bever) in a bid to target refugee Daryan Zahawi (Twana Omer) and councillor Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon).
The evil character was also present when a home-made bomb detonated in a car the group were driving on a camping trip.
He finally got his comeuppance after Max and Lauren alerted authorities to another explosive that had been placed underneath the Speed Daal van and planted beside the Victoria Street Peace Festival market stalls.
Last year, Max visited Reece in prison amid Lauren’s disappearance, hoping that he would have some inside information on her whereabouts.
Unfortunately, the criminal took this as an opportunity to send two of his cronies to Roy Cropper (David Neilson) and threaten him.
Since then, Lauren has been found, given birth to a son, and killed her abuser Joel Deering (Calum Lill) in defence of Max. Father and daughter have a lot to catch up on!
Actor Scott shared the news of his return on X yesterday, writing: ‘Bad boy Reece is back.’
The post was supported by a snap of an ITV post-marked envelope with his name, a number of scripts and a welcome pack which includes information relating to the show’s production base in Trafford, Greater Manchester.
One fan wrote: ‘Yesss woah I’m happy to see this now. Welcome back Reece excited now.’
‘Fab news!’ commented one Corrie viewer.
Speculating that Reece could now be working for gangster Harvey Gaskell (Will Mellor), another user said: ‘So you’re the 1 working with Harvey who’s gonna burn the Platts house down.’
The circumstances relating to Reece’s comeback are being kept under wraps for now, but there’s one thing for sure – there’s lots of drama for Lauren on the way!
We also know that Paddy Bever is leaving his Max Turner role in the coming months. Could Reece’s comeback be related to his exit?