Coronation Street’s Joel star warns ‘worst is yet to come’ as he points out vital evidence

Coronation Street’s Joel Deering star, Calum Lill, has warned that the ‘worst is yet to come’ with his villainous character.

Viewers will recall that Lauren Bolton made a shock comeback on Monday as Cait Fitton reprised her role. Weeks on from a brutal attack by Joel, which Weatherfield residents still don’t know about, Lauren, who was believed to be dead, was revealed to be alive as she headed to the hospital to visit Roy Cropper after he suffered a heart attack weeks on from him being wrongly imprisoned for Lauren’s ‘murder’.

And things only got more explosive on Tuesday’s episode when Joel confronted Lauren at the hospital, forcing her into a family room and pleading with her not to reveal all about what happened. As violent and evil Joel went to lash out again, Lauren protected her stomach revealing she was five months pregnant with his baby in a huge bombshell.

The episode ended with Lauren managing to escape the hospital and fleeing in a taxi, as Joel set chase to cover his tracks. Appearing on Thursday’s This Morning, Joel star Calum revealed what is next for his character. During the interview, soap expert, Sharon Marshall, was on hand to point out that Lauren being pregnant is evidence against Joel.

To which the actor warned: “It is, it’s evidence the stakes have only got higher and I think one thing we’ve seen with Joel is he’s very selfish, driven and seems to lack empathy so I think the worst is yet to come from Joel, he’s only going to get worse.”

Asked about more victims and whether Joel’s fiancée Dee-Dee Bailey is in trouble, actor Calum teased: “Who knows? I think it could even get worse than you think!” Meanwhile, actress Cait Fitton, who plays Lauren, went to great lengths to keep her huge soap return a secret. Cait had to hide in the boot of her co-star’s car to ensure she wasn’t spotted when filming her return scenes.

“I had to sneak in and out the building, getting lifts from Calum but having to get in the boot to make sure I wasn’t being seen,” laughed Cait, 22, to press recently. “People would be at the front getting selfies, I’d be in the boot still.

“So it was a bit chaotic! It was like a massive game of twister in that boot, it was tiny. There were times when I had to get on the floor in a taxi, the driver was wondering what’s going on – and I’d just shout go go go! It was mad. Fun but mental. I never thought I would have to be doing that to get into work.”