{"id":42579,"date":"2023-12-27T01:01:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T00:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1935808"},"modified":"2023-12-27T06:16:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T05:16:38","slug":"jack-carroll-promises-bobby-will-bring-chaos-to-coronation-street","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/jack-carroll-promises-bobby-will-bring-chaos-to-coronation-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Carroll promises Bobby will bring \u201cchaos\u201d to Coronation Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

He’s teased a “blockbuster” storyline for 2024. <\/p>

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

Published: Wednesday, 27 December 2023 at 00:01 AM<\/p>

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Jack Carroll has teased that his Coronation Street<\/a> character, Bobby, will bring all kinds of chaos to the cobbles \u2013 and a big \u201cblockbuster\u201d storyline is on the way next year.<\/p>\n

The actor and comedian has been cast as Carla\u2019s long-lost nephew<\/a>, and he\u2019s set to be a mischief-maker! Speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press, Carroll revealed of his alter ego:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a kind of lovable trouble-causer really, I think. He gets away with a lot, and kind of leans on his cheekiness and his disability. I wouldn\u2019t know anything about either of those two things, so it\u2019s been quite the stretch for me to play! But he\u2019s a humorous character, and kind of in that vein of a classic Corrie, funny kind of rabble-rouser.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Describing what we can expect from Bobby in his early scenes, he added: \u201cI\u2019m in the factory. Luckily not modelling any of the merchandise as of yet \u2013 I don\u2019t know what they\u2019ve got in the future! I\u2019m in the factory and Carla\u2019s managed to swing me a job in the factory, so there\u2019s a lot of me causing chaos in there as well. So that\u2019s been really good fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

That chaos will expand in ways that go beyond long-suffering Carla, hints Carroll. Yes, romance will blossom for Bobby!<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got his eye on somebody, I don\u2019t really think I\u2019m allowed to say who that is yet; but it\u2019s definitely something I think we\u2019ve got planned for the future. That\u2019ll be good fun as well, because that\u2019s just another aspect of his chaos-causing behaviour!\u201d<\/p>

Asked more about the dynamic between Carla and Bobby, who rocks up just after her husband Peter (Chris Gascoyne) has left Weatherfield, the actor declares they could be the Street\u2019s new comedy pairing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know whether it\u2019s a slight emotional manipulation tactic on Bobby\u2019s part, but I think he expects her to be a kind of familial element of familiarity right there from the beginning; and obviously Carla\u2019s not really that kind of personality.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it takes a little while for her to warm to him, and that is very funny. And then he does kind of sense this familiarity amongst that, and a double act begins to materialise, and it becomes a double act so that\u2019s been really fun to do. Those first few scenes are almost like little two-hander sketches really, which I think have played really well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alison King as Carla and Jack Carroll as Bobby in Coronation Street<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Looking ahead to 2024, Carroll offered early hints to a huge story that will see Bobby in the spotlight. \u201cI only found out yesterday the kind of nuts and bolts of what the story is, and it\u2019s very, very exciting. I would even go so far as to say blockbuster.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s always a little bit of apprehension, because I\u2019d only been there a week or a couple of weeks, and then I found out that I was going to be a part of this massive storyline.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think after that dissipates a little bit, then you\u2019re just very excited to get stuck in, and that\u2019s where I\u2019m at now, I just can\u2019t wait to get working and expand on the character, and see what craziness they put me in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Summing up how it feels to be joining Coronation Street this festive season, Carroll grinned: \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely fantastic, and I don\u2019t really think there\u2019s any better time of year, really, because everyone will be hopefully glued to their television screens, and I\u2019ll be there causing chaos and distracting them from their selection boxes, which is a great honour!\u201d<\/p>\n

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