{"id":31494,"date":"2023-03-27T01:05:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T23:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1805619"},"modified":"2023-03-27T01:07:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T23:07:51","slug":"coronation-streets-justin-crosses-a-boundary-before-acid-attack","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/coronation-streets-justin-crosses-a-boundary-before-acid-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street\u2019s Justin \u201ccrosses a boundary\u201d before acid attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

The hard-hitting storyline starts tonight. <\/p>

By Helen Daly\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 27 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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This\u00a0article\u00a0contains discussions around stalking and\u00a0violence that some readers may find upsetting.<\/i><\/p>\n

This week on Coronation Street<\/a>, Daisy\u2019s (Charlotte Jordan) wedding day goes drastically wrong as evil stalker Justin (Andrew Still) sets out to get revenge for being turned down and embarrassed.<\/p>\n

The storyline takes a cruel twist when Justin arrives at the Rovers on the morning of Daisy and Daniel\u2019s (Rob Mallard) wedding, carrying a bottle of acid.<\/p>\n

This is the culmination of a long-running storyline which has seen Daisy repeatedly let down by authorities who refused to take her stalking claims seriously.<\/p>\n

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Charlotte Jordan as Daisy Midgeley and Andrew Still as Justin in Coronation Street.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV\/Danielle Baguley<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Speaking about playing the new twist, Still commented that he as an actor had no idea Justin would go so far, but following a clash in Victoria Gardens, Justin had made his mind made up.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe wedding\u2019s obviously in his head, and for me, the breaking point is the clash in Victoria Gardens. I think that\u2019s probably the thing that sets him off. He crosses a boundary that hasn\u2019t really been crossed in a way before.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s finally starting to take all the things Daisy has been saying over the course of these weeks, that they\u2019re never going to be together and she doesn\u2019t want anything to do with them.\u201d<\/p>

The actor continued: \u201cAs that\u2019s sinking in, his ego\u2019s damaged and it\u2019s all piling on top with this misplaced anger. And then he\u2019s also jealous about the wedding and his world is crumbling around him. He started to think in a way that she\u2019s hot-headed \u2013 and afterwards I think he\u2019s going to make all sorts of excuses to justify in his head why he did this. But it\u2019s definitely an act of hatred.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for why he chooses such violence, Still thinks it all stems from a loss of control following the death of his mum.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s starting to see Daisy pushing against him which he\u2019s struggling to deal with and process because it doesn\u2019t line up with a narrative that he\u2019s got playing in his head,\u201d he explained. \u201cHe isn\u2019t dealing properly with the loss of his mum and this rejection is pushing him to make really poor choices which he uses to justify his decision making.\u201d<\/p>