{"id":29826,"date":"2023-02-07T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1779925"},"modified":"2023-02-07T11:43:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T10:43:58","slug":"coronation-streets-todd-boyce-addresses-stephens-plan-to-drug-carla","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/coronation-streets-todd-boyce-addresses-stephens-plan-to-drug-carla\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street\u2019s Todd Boyce addresses Stephen\u2019s plan to drug Carla"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘He wants to harm her.’ <\/p>

By Stefania Sarrubba\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 07 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Revenge may be a dish best served cold, but it will taste like a hot cup of coffee for Coronation Street<\/a>\u2018s Stephen Reid.<\/p>\n

In upcoming scenes, the killer played by Todd Boyce<\/a> will kick off his vendetta against Carla Barlow (Alison King) by spiking her caffeine fix with a vial of LSD. And Stephen won\u2019t stop there \u2013 he will continue drugging his boss in a bid to tarnish her reputation and ultimately expand his role at Underworld.<\/p>\n

Boyce recently spoke to RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press, detailing his character\u2019s plan to give Carla a lesson after she belittled him in front of clients.<\/p>

\u201cShe has done the worst thing that anyone could really do to Stephen. She has made him look and feel small in front of other people,\u201d the actor explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe had him working in packing when Dick Haversham came round and he was so humiliated. He really wants to harm her business and her reputation and he has no qualms about what he is planning to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Stephen drugs Carla\u2019s coffee with the LSD he stole from Rufus.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

In new episodes, Stephen will mess with Carla\u2019s work diary, making it seem like she has forgotten important meetings and worrying her husband Peter (Chris Gascoyne), who fears her psychosis is returning.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a low blow for Stephen to use Carla\u2019s history of mental health problems to get what he wants, but he\u2019s Corrie\u2019s current villain for a reason, after all.<\/p>\n

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Carla has no idea Stephen wants to take her down.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Boyce continued: \u201cSarah brought [Carla\u2019s mental health issues] up in the pub and it drops like a bombshell as far as he is concerned and because of the way she has humiliated him he knows that he can use it for his own gain.\u201d<\/p>\n

The final straw for Stephen will be being appointed office manager, while his niece Sarah (Tina O\u2019Brien) will get the coveted job of head of design.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe comes back from the hotel having got the signature and securing the deal and [Carla] tells him that she is making him office manager. That is the moment that he has had enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will Carla realise she\u2019s been drugged? Or will she lose her credibility first?<\/p>