{"id":16383,"date":"2022-06-01T21:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T19:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1654688"},"modified":"2022-06-01T21:18:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T19:18:37","slug":"coronation-streets-charlie-de-melo-on-alternative-ending-for-imran","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/coronation-streets-charlie-de-melo-on-alternative-ending-for-imran\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street\u2019s Charlie de Melo on alternative ending for Imran"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Laura Denby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 01 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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RIP, Imran Habeeb.<\/p>\n

Coronation Street<\/a> star Charlie de Melo has revealed the alternative ending he dreamt up for his character Imran Habeeb, who was killed after a horrific car crash this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Imran\u2019s demise came just as he was intending to come clean about his incriminating behaviour, which saw him frame the mother of his child, Abi Webster<\/a> (Sally Carman) so he could gain custody of baby Alfie.<\/p>\n

But as he was bracing himself to confess everything to wife Toyah (Georgia Taylor), the couple were in an accident. Imran escaped and was able to free his wife from the wreckage, but he later collapsed, suffering a heart attack as a result of the impact.<\/p>\n

But long before Imran\u2019s final storyline got going, viewers will recall that he was stricken with grief when his beloved sister, Rana (Bhavna Limbachia) was killed in the factory roof collapse<\/a>\u00a0back in 2019.<\/p>

It was eventually revealed that Gary Windass (Mikey North) had sabotaged the roof, inadvertently causing it to collapse \u2013 and therefore causing Rana\u2019s death. <\/a><\/p>\n

However, Imran, along with most of the residents of Weatherfield, was still unaware of this crucial fact.<\/p>\n

Speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other media about his exit, de Melo was asked whether he would have liked to film a stand-off between Imran and Gary.<\/p>\n

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Coronation Street\u2019s Imran died as a result of this week\u2019s car crash (ITV)<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\u201cYeah, I think so,\u201d the actor replied. \u201cI\u2019ve said this to Georgia before. I told Georgia that I was going to leave before I ever told Corrie, as I wanted to make sure that she knew first and that she could get her ducks in a row [if] she needed to. And I said to her I\u2019ve been daydreaming about what that final scene will be.\u201d\n

\u201cAnd in my head what it was, was at some point somehow Imran finding out about Gary\u2019s responsibility for the factory collapse, inviting him to the roof for some sort of conversation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt being pouring down with rain, and Gary climbing up the ladder and seeing Imran there holding whatever piece of evidence he\u2019s got. And then a sort of scuffle at the top and Gary having Imran banged to rights across the thing \u2013 then just letting go and then having him fall and that\u2019s the final loose end tied up there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The actor would have liked to see a final confrontation between Imran and Gary (ITV)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

It\u2019s clear that de Melo gave this a lot of thought \u2013 and his suggestion would certainly have gripped fans. But the star points out that such a plot twist would have gone against Corrie\u2019s vision for Gary.<\/p>\n

He noted: \u201cBut that would have flown in the face of the very well done and very well put together redemption of Gary Windass arc they\u2019ve been working on, so that couldn\u2019t possibly have worked.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s only so many murders one can do before you start going\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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