It’s been a turbulent time for Michelle and Robert in the last year where they have been seen to lurch from one disaster to the next. As Phelan storms the Bistro, will Michelle and Robert get to say "I do"? And when Michelle is caught in the crossfire and injured, will she survive?
As soap weddings go, it’s not bound to be all plain sailing
for the couple as their day goes from bad to worse. The big day doesn’t
begin without a hitch, as Steve makes an ill-judged move on Michelle. “He’s
always going to be a plonker isn’t he?” says Kym Marsh, who plays the troubled
bride. “[Steve] overhears bits of conversations which he then thinks that she’s
having doubts about marrying Robert.” Upon Ali letting slip to Steve about
Robert’s health scares recently, Steve is concerned about Michelle and as he
leans in for a kiss, Robert walks into the Bistro and “misreads the whole thing”,
according to Tristan Gemmill, who plays Robert Preston. “He overreacts massively”, laughed Kym, where
Tristan agreed.
With Steve’s attempt to kiss Michelle, Kym was asked if fans
believe that Michelle and Steve should be together. “There’s always going to be
misguided people!” joked Tristan. Kym went on to discuss whether Steve is the
love of Michelle’s life. “Simon (Steve) and I always say they’re the Ross and
Rachel of Coronation Street”, she said. “They always do that ‘will they, won’t
they, are they going to get back together?’ and then they do get back together,
and then he messes it up again, and ‘we were on a break!’ which we were laughing
at because actually that did happen with Leanne.” Kym suggested that Corrie may
follow the Steve and Michelle route again as they have an “emotional attachment”,
but went on to say “that doesn’t necessarily mean that’s going to go anywhere.”
In the midst of everything happening to Robert in the last
year, Tristan spoke about how much he has enjoyed Robert’s shift in character. “It’s
been great for me. I think it always takes a bit of time to bed in… it takes a
while for the audience to get used to you, for the writers to get a feel for
where they want to place you. I think what’s really been interesting for me as
an actor in the last year, year and a half, a part from obviously working with
Kym Marsh, is this side of his addictive personality that he’s been addicted to
steroids and addicted to exercise – he hasn’t got an off button and I think
that’s an interesting place sort of psychologically to explore. So yeah, I’ve
really loved it.”
If this amount of drama wasn’t enough for Robert and
Michelle’s wedding day, Phelan arrives in true Corrie style and stages a siege in
the Bistro. Taking Michelle as a hostage, she is caught in the crossfire and
injured. When asked about how they feel about being a part of such a major
storyline, Kym said “It’s absolutely brilliant, isn’t it? To be so involved in
such a huge week for the show.” Kym went on to express her pride over
Coronation Street. “I think we are touching on some really big issue based
storylines, really important subject matter and we’re being talked about all
the time.”
Tristan said “That’s a testament to the producers and the
writers because they take that sort of things very seriously and they want to
do it right and to send the right messages across, but at the same time, you
know, dressing it up as a dramatic story and I think they’ve done that really well,
and the response to the Aidan storyline certainly has been really positive.”
Despite Michelle and Robert’s wedding day not going quite to
plan, they both agreed that it was good fun to film. “It was quite tiring but
also really quite fun because it’s something I’ve not done before and it’s
always great to add something else to your CV!” said Kym. She also said “It was
quite physical. You’ve got to put everything into it to make it look good. I
was a little bit kind of bruised and battered – emotionally quite draining as
well.”
After filming scenes like this, Tristan said “some people
can just switch off and just go home and carry on their normal day and some
people need a bit of wind-down time.” When asked which one he was, Tristan
admitted that he was the latter, but doesn’t “take that much wind-down time.”
Talking about the public’s reaction to these thrilling
upcoming episodes and the Phelan storyline, Tristan said “I think they’ll be
blown away by it.” He went on to say “They’ve (the writers) made him so
slippery, they’ve made him get out of situations that you time and time again
think, ‘right, bang, you’ve him, this time we’ve got him’, and he manages to
wriggle out of it.”
Away from the dark drama, Tristan and Kym had a laugh about
what it’s like working with each other. “We have a lot of fun filming it, and
it can be tiring sometimes, but then whose job isn’t?” Kym said. Tristan
continued “And sometimes when it is really dark, it’s good to just have a bit
of a giggle about it, and that’s what Kym certainly is very good at doing.” “Making
you laugh?” joked Kym. “Yeah, he does have to rein me in sometimes as I do get
a little bit giddy. As soon as I start messing about he’s like, ‘have you had
coffee?’"
As well as Michelle and Robert’s wedding day going awry,
Michelle has also had to deal with the return of Ali (James Burrows) and Ryan
(Ryan Prescott). I asked Kym if she’s been enjoying the dynamic of Michelle
with both of her sons. “It’s great” she said. “They’re both such brilliant
actors. Their characters are chalk and cheese and they really don’t like each
other. It makes me laugh because there’s always a shot of James scowling at
Ryan all the time!”
Sophie Williams
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