Coronation Street will end this week on a gruesome note as Michelle Connor will end her wedding day fighting her for life after being shot by soap villain Pat Phelan.
In intense scenes set to air on Friday, Michelle – played by Kym Marsh – will be taken hostage by the villainous Phelan moments before she’s supposed to walk down the aisle.
In the first picture preview of the grueling storyline, Michelle’s fiance Robert tries to comfort her while she’s overseen by doctor son Ali and sister Carla.
Coronation Street SPOILER: Michelle Connor will fight for life after being taken hostage and shot by villainous Pat Phelan on her wedding day
Speaking to The Sun, Kym, 41, admitted that filming the brutal scenes left her ‘bruised the next day’.
‘People don’t seem to realise is that our job can be quite physical — but it was great fun.’ the Corrie stalwart added.
The actress also confessed to the Mirror that she had to go to a ‘dark place’ in order for the scene to come across well she really has to emerge herself in the moment.
Kym added that it helps to make light of the situations and bring comedy in so that it doesn’t become too intense.
Not so happy day: In intense scenes set to air on Friday, Michelle will be taken hostage by the villainous Phelan moments before she’s supposed to walk down the aisle
Grueling work: Speaking to The Sun, Kym, 41, admitted that filming the brutal scenes left her ‘bruised the next day’
It has also been revealed that Phelan will meet his grisly end after the bloodshed, but Kym’s Michelle will live to see another day, after it was revealed she renewed her contact for another year.
Corrie fans should brace themselves for more bloodshed as villain Phelan will exit the show in a bloodbath so gruesome it has to air after the 9pm watershed.
Connor McIntyre – who plays Phelan -recently told The Sun that viewers are likely to be divided on the amount of blood spilt, adding: ‘It gives us a bit more of a licence to go further with the story.
‘Bruised’: The actress also confessed to the Mirror that she had to go to a ‘dark place’ in order for the scene to come across well she really has to emerge herself in the moment
‘We’ve pushed the boundaries, we’ve pushed the edge of it so we’ll have to see what the reaction is’.
Fans thought they had seen the last of the biggest Corrie baddie in the shows history after he was pushed off a harbour’s edge, with Eileen looking over as Phelan plunged the murky depths.
But it wasn’t to be, as Phelan rose from the ashes once again, having survived the fall and made it to a B&B.
Connor continued: ‘We’ve taken the audience on a couple of false starts. They deserve the pay-off and I think it’s a decent one.’
Brutal: Connor McIntyre recently told The Sun that viewers are likely to be divided on the amount of blood spilt, adding: ‘It gives us a bit more of a licence to go further with the story’