February 20th 2023.
Aaron will rape a drunk an unconscious Amy. A major upcoming storyline in Coronation Street will tackle the issue of consent in sexual relationships, as the character of Amy Barlow wakes up to find that flatmate Aaron Sandford has had sex with her without her consent after she was too drunk the night before to realise what was going on.
The evening before, Aaron and Amy had shared a kiss before a night out with Aaron’s girlfriend Summer. He ends up arguing with Summer, partly because he feels guilty about the kiss with Amy and soon heads off home. Amy follows later and they start playing a drinking game. When Amy heads to the bedroom in search of more alcohol, Aaron follows and they kiss again, but Amy feels ill and pushes him away. He, however, carries on to have sex with her – without her consent.
For actor James, these scenes and his character’s actions were difficult to play.
‘To find a way for the character to justify his actions was quite a hard thing,’ he explained. ‘He hasn’t been this malicious character or evil character in the past but I think that’s the really important thing about the story and that’s why it should be so important because despite the way he is as a person, he’s still capable of doing something like that.
’That’s the important thing to highlight here – if someone’s in that state, because he’s had the alcohol and all the emotions are heightened to the max it makes him vulnerable to getting himself in this situation as well.’
James is very clear that his character’s actions are wrong.
‘He doesn’t check in with himself and importantly doesn’t check in with Amy that she’s ok with all of this. It’s a lack of care due to
A major upcoming storyline in Coronation Street will tackle the issue of consent in sexual relationships, as the character of Amy Barlow wakes up to find that flatmate Aaron Sandford has had sex with her without her consent after she was too drunk the night before to realise what was going on.
The evening before, Aaron and Amy had shared a kiss before a night out with Aaron’s girlfriend Summer.He ends up arguing with Summer, partly because he feels guilty about the kiss with Amy and soon heads off home. Amy follows later and they start playing a drinking game. When Amy heads to the bedroom in search of more alcohol, Aaron follows and they kiss again, but Amy feels ill and pushes him away. He, however, carries on to have sex with her – without her consent.
For actor James, these scenes and his character’s actions were difficult to play.
‘To find a way for the character to justify his actions was quite a hard thing,’ he explained. ‘He hasn’t been this malicious character or evil character in the past but I think that’s the really important thing about the story and that’s why it should be so important because despite the way he is as a person, he’s still capable of doing something like that.
’That’s the important thing to highlight here – if someone’s in that state, because he’s had the alcohol and all the emotions are heightened to the max it makes him vulnerable to getting himself in this situation as well.’
James is very clear that his character’s actions are wrong.
‘He doesn’t check in with himself and importantly doesn’t check in with Amy that she’s ok with all of this. It’s a lack of care due to a lack of thought,
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