ITV Coronation Street Rowan’s next victim revealed – and it’s bad news for one soap favourite

Coronation Street has teased Rowan Cunliffe’s next victim on the cobbles in a worrying twist.

Soap watchers will recall that mysterious newcomer Rowan has targeted Leanne Battersby with his “self-improvement group” The Institute. Rowan has also been pulling Leanne away from partner Nick Tilsley and even her sister Toyah Battersby during her time of need.

Rowan has been encouraging Leanne to open up about her past and the trauma she has faced, using his tools and guiding her to speak aloud about parts of her life. In a shock twist, Rowan was recently revealed to be recording everything Leanne was saying without her knowledge. Of course, viewers will recall that Toyah has been concerned for Leanne and extremely sceptical of Rowan.

In recent scenes, Leanne even headed off to a retreat with The Institute and she didn’t even say goodbye to some of her family while earlier this month it was revealed that Rowan and The Institute had created an AI version of Leanne’s late son Oliver, who tragically died in 2020 after a battle with mitochondrial disease. In recent scenes, The Institute and Rowan have made Toyah’s life a misery after she tried to expose them.

And next week teases more danger for the cobbles as The Institute targets a new victim. In upcoming scenes, Amy Barlow opens up to Leanne about how stressed she is to which she decides to show her a video from The Institute to relieve her anxiety.

However, Toyah is horrified when she finds Leanne showing Amy the video and is left further startled to learn that Amy is considering investing. Will she be able to stop Amy joining The Institute or has Rowan got another victim?

It comes after Rowan actor Emrhys Cooper warned that his character could recruit more cobbles’ residents to The Institute. Speaking to Inside Soap, actor Emrhys said recently: “I think that he really wants to open another resource centre, so he’s on a mission to raise the investment needed, however he can do that. And he wants to ‘help’ more people, so there might be some more characters he’s bringing into the organisation…”

As Rowan continues to isolate Leanne from her family and shows more worrying signs, Toyah star Georgia Taylor recently teased the character’s downfall. Talking about Rowan being exposed, Georgia said: “It’s going to be so good to play”, adding: “But I have to say, I’m loving working with Emrhys [Cooper, who plays Rowan].

“We’ve had quite a few scenes now where they have a big stand off and they’re so delicious. Everything he’s doing is just so understated but really creepy at the same time, and subversive. He’s an absolute delight to be on set with, he’s such a nice man in real life so I don’t want it to be too soon but when he is taken down, I want it to be something massive and dramatic and humiliating.”