December 24th 2024.
After a long absence, Richard Hillman has made a dramatic comeback to Coronation Street and has Gail Platt in his sights once again. It's been twenty years since his reign of terror captured the nation's attention, but he has returned to the cobbles to terrorize Gail one last time.
As viewers may know, Gail is set to leave the street after fifty years and start a new chapter of her life with her fiancé Jesse Chadwick in the south of France. However, things took a turn for the worse on Christmas Eve when Gail found out that Jesse had been cheating on her with David. Feeling betrayed and hurt, Gail isolated herself from her own farewell party and asked Jesse, David, and her mother Audrey to give her some space.
But as Gail woke up from her nap, she was startled to see her deceased husband, Richard Hillman, standing before her. He was the most infamous villain the street has ever seen and his presence brought back memories of his attempt to kill Gail by driving her into the canal. It seems like Gail should have stayed at the party after all.
However, Richard's return is not a miraculous resurrection. He is still dead and appears to Gail as a ghost or a figment of her imagination. He was dripping wet and covered in seaweed, a nod to his watery demise. Actor Brian Capron, who plays Richard, described the scene as "a lovely experience" and praised the writers for coming up with a clever way to bring back his character.
The big question is, what does Richard want from Gail? Will he try to convince her to leave Jesse and stay in the street, or will he try to harm her once again? Actor Brian Capron teased that Richard's return has a mix of dark humor and a hint of menace, just like his character had before. He also shared that he has a special relationship with co-star Helen Worth, who plays Gail, and that their chemistry made the Hillman storyline so successful.
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