December 11th 2024.
After being a part of Coronation Street for nearly a decade, actor Colson Smith has shared some behind-the-scenes details about a storyline that never made it to the screen. In an interview, the 26-year-old revealed that a planned storyline about his character, Craig Tinker, struggling with an eating disorder was ultimately scrapped.
Since joining the soap in 2011, Colson's character has been involved in various dramatic plots, including a strained relationship with his father, a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and struggles with his mother Beth and girlfriend Faye Windass. Recently, he was embroiled in the disappearance and murder of Lauren Bolton's abuser, Joel Deering, and as the resident police officer on the show, he is always in the thick of the action. He has also been joined by fellow officers DS Lisa Swain and DC Kit Green at the Weatherfield police station.
Off-screen, Colson has also been busy, appearing on Celebrity Big Brother and serving as a panelist on I'm a Celebrity... Unpacked in Australia. He has also been open about his personal struggles, including undergoing a life-changing hair transplant and embarking on a weight loss journey that saw him shed 10 stone.
In a candid video on TikTok, Colson opened up about his difficult relationship with food, explaining how he used to cycle between overeating and severely restricting his food intake. This led him to pitch a similar storyline for his character, Craig, who also suffers from OCD. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the storyline was put on hold.
The actor, who was once 24 stone, shared how he didn't realize how unhealthy he was until he decided to make a change. He said, "I had this relationship with food where I would do this restrictive eating cycle. I would eat s*** loads of food and hate myself for it so I would then punish myself by not eating. Then I would get so hungry and emotional about how I hadn't eaten that I would then go and binge again."
Colson explained that he thought it was important to portray a story about eating disorders on TV, and he even offered to lose the weight himself in order to accurately portray the character. Unfortunately, the storyline was put on hold due to the pandemic.
In addition to the axed eating disorder plot, it was also revealed that Coronation Street had plans to flood the street and kill off some characters, but it was deemed too expensive to film. Despite these scrapped storylines, Colson and the rest of the cast and crew continue to bring compelling and dramatic tales to the small screen. To stay updated on all things soaps, join the community by leaving a comment below and visit our homepage for more news and updates.
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