{"id":634194,"date":"2026-10-02T12:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/634194\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T12:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:24:12","slug":"exclusive-corrie-star-calls-for-return-for-dark-sam-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/634194\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Corrie star calls for return for dark Sam story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coronation Street spoilers follow.<\/p>\n

Coronation Street star Jude Riordan has called for a surprising person from his character Sam Blakeman’s schizophrenia storyline to make a return \u2013 the evil version of Weatherfield stalwart Roy Cropper.<\/p>\n

Before being diagnosed with schizophrenia earlier this year, Sam experienced visual and auditory hallucinations which saw him convinced that his friend Roy was telling him to do violent and hurtful things. The hallucinations led to a tragic breakdown for Sam, where he locked himself inside of Roy’s Rolls and was then hospitalised. <\/p>\n

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Related: Coronation Street and Emmerdale hit with schedule changes<\/a><\/p>\n

In today’s episode<\/a>, Sam confessed that he pushed Eva Driscoll down the stairs<\/a> of the Rovers Return, and revealed to his father Nick Tilsley that he has racked up a huge cryptocurrency debt in his name \u2013 impulsive acts committed due to the side effects of his medication.<\/p>\n

Sitting down with us at the Inside Soap Awards to celebrate his Best Young Performer win, Jude exclusively revealed what he’d like to see for Sam’s future.<\/p>\n

“I think bringing back Evil Roy!”, he jokes. “Maybe he comes back in a little vision, and then he\u2019s like, ‘Right, Sam, this is my goodbye’, and it\u2019s the closing of that. Then we\u2019re left with just nice Roy!<\/p>\n

“When I heard that there was going to be an evil Roy, I was like, ‘Get in!’ because obviously he\u2019s such a lovable character. Seeing him being malicious, I\u2019ve loved being with David Neilson, who plays Roy, doing that.”
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Related: Exclusive: Coronation Street confirms friendship for Todd<\/a><\/p>\n

Jude has played Sam since 2020, and this is his second time winning Best Young Performer. This time, Jude earned the accolade due to his heartbreaking portrayal of Sam’s schizophrenia journey, which was his first lead storyline.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m just honoured and glad it came across really well,” gushes Jude. “It\u2019s been good for the transition \u2013 you\u2019ve known Sam since he was eight years old, he\u2019s been this geek, and I think this storyline with his schizophrenia, it\u2019s really matured him into him being an adult.”<\/p>\n

Coronation Street airs on weeknights at 8.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more Coronation Street spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

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