Coronation Street star Todd Boyce explains Stephen's next murder plan
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Stephen Reid actor Todd Boyce has dissected his character's next sinister move on Coronation Street.
It has been confirmed that Stephen's fiancée Elaine Jones will be next on his Hit List after she refuses to fund his Underworld takeover.
Boyce opened up about his upcoming storyline and explained: "The walls are closing in on him. He is not going to be able to persuade Elaine to invest in the factory, that is the first route he takes but she is having none of it.
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He added: "Once that route is not an option he is starting to think he will have to kill her now to get the insurance money."
Stephen has already messed with Carla Connor's mind via hallucinogens, and now his plan of attack is to switch Elaine's blood pressure tablets with caffeine pills.
Boyce teased: "It is the start of him trying to get rid of her, he wants to set up the idea that her health is failing.
"It is a knee-jerk reaction, Leo's and Teddy's deaths were in moments of panic. Rufus had him on the ropes, he was fighting for survival. This is the same, he is running out of options and panic sets in."
Boyce went on to explain how this deadly medicinal meddling will unfold. He continued: "He acts as the concerned partner, despite knowing that he is the one that has made her feel so ill and dizzy. He plays the part perfectly.
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"He isn't planning to kill her at that point. He is trying to destabilise her. He offers to go out and get her some food and leaves her in the flat but when he comes back she has fallen."
"He is genuinely shocked and there is a moment when it looks like he is going to revive her," said the soap star.
"But then you can see the cogs turning and he thinks let's see how this turns out and maybe it might be the perfect ending!
"He leaves, crossing his fingers that she will die before she is discovered."
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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