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Todd Grimshaw’s (Gareth Pierce) life right now in Coronation Street is utter hell. He’s trapped in a nightmarish relationship with vile abuser, Theo Silverton (James Cartwright), who’s campaign of coercive control and violence has left him broken and isolated.
What started with subtle manipulation; attempting to cut Todd off from his friends and control where he goes has given way to violence, cheating and full scale torture, amid the revelation that this behaviour isn’t new to Theo.
A special episode, shown through the lens of security cameras, CCTV and bodycam footage gave fans a grim insight into Todd’s reality.
Amid gaslighting, cruel comments about Todd’s diet and physical violence, the revelation that Theo was tracking Todd led to him finally fighting back and asking Theo to leave.
Theo and Todd took centre stage in a special episode dedicated to their storyline… (Picture: Danielle Baguley/ITV)
Furious Theo goaded Todd into a fight, and when Todd tried to shove him away, Theo collided with a coffee table, rendering him unconscious leading to his arrest. Theo, of course, expertly manipulated Todd into believing that he was at fault.
Without a job and separated from his main sources of support, namely Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank), George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley) and Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien), and suspected by the police of being an abuser himself, it appears that Todd has really reached rock bottom.
While attending the Corriedale premier, Gareth shared his thoughts on his alter-egos current predicament: ‘They don’t always tell us the full arc of a story like this, so as an actor, you’ve got to sometimes try to work out when rock bottom might be. I did feel like that was maybe in last nights episode.’
On Todd finally standing up to Theo before finding himself in police custody, Gareth mused: ‘Obviously what’s very sad about that is that in that moment where he fights back, which, I suppose, some viewers will have been willing him to do anyway.
‘He’s stayed stoic for a long time – he does push back and, sadly, the situation actually gets worse and Todd’s maybe doubly trapped now.’
…and things got even worse for Todd (Picture: Danielle Baguley/ITV)
Set to play a role in the soap event of the century, Corriedale, a crossover between ITV’s premiere soaps, Coronation Street and Emmerdale, Gareth spoke on his enthusiasm for the special episode: ‘It was super exciting, you know? Obviously to hear that it’s one of those brilliant stunt and set pieces.
‘The familiarity of the Corrie set is great, but when they do say you’re going out on location, that’s always exciting.
‘Like the tram crash on Corrie, the plane crash on Emmerdale, we’re actually giving you a whole new crash and crisis of their collective own!’
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Todd will play a role in the upcoming Corriedale episode (Picture: Danielle Baguley/ITV)
We know Corriedale will feature a mammoth car pile up, putting the lives of numerous characters from both shows in mortal danger.
When pressed about his involvement in the carnage, Gareth was a little coy, though did reveal that he had an easier time of it then some of the other characters!
‘Todd is initially unconscious in the immediate aftermath, so I could start slow and easy, really.
‘There was one bit where we needed everyone to do cut aways of their reactions to the explosion and my big challenge was to not react to the explosion because I was unconscious, and then Tracy Barlow jumped on top of me, but that’s another story…’
Full list of Corriedale cast members and characters
Coronation Street
Sally Carman-Duttine as Abi Webster
Tanisha Gorey as Asha Alahan
Amy Cudden as Becky Swain
Sydney Martin as Betsy Swain
Daniel Brocklebank as Billy Mayhew
Jonathan Howard as Carl Webster
Alison King as Carla Connor
Claire Sweeney as Cassie Plummer
Jack P Shepherd as David Platt
Sue Devaney as Debbie Webster
Jason Callender as James Bailey
Olivia Frances-Brown as Jodie
William Roache as Ken Barlow
Michael Le Vell as Kevin Webster
Jacob Roberts as Kit Green
Vicky Myers as Lisa Swain
Vinta Morgan as Ronnie Bailey
Tina O’Brien as Sarah Platt
Julia Goulding as Shona Platt
Simon Gregson as Steve McDonald
Harriet Bibby as Summer Spellman
James Cartwright as Theo Silverton
Joe Duttine as Tim Metcalfe
Gareth Pierce as Todd Grimshaw
Kate Ford as Tracy Barlow
Emmerdale
Danny Miller as Aaron Dingle
Jeff Hordley as Cain Dingle
Emma Atkins as Charity Dingle
Lucy Pargeter as Chas Dingle
Christopher Chittell as Eric Pollard
Joe-Warren Plant as Jacob Gallagher
Christopher Bisson as Jai Sharma
Ned Porteous as Joe Tate
Oliver Farnworth as John Sugden
Jonny McPherson as Liam Cavanagh
Lawrence Robb as Mackenzie Boyd
Natalie J Robb as Moira Dingle
Joe Absolom as Ray Walters
Ryan Hawley as Robert Sugden
Katie Hill as Sarah Sugden
Isabel Hodgins as Victoria Sugden
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