Coronation Street star Cait Fitton has admitted she is not sure how her character Lauren Bolton will come back from killing Joel Deering (Calum Lill).
In a special episode last month, it was revealed that Lauren was the one who had killed her abuser in a shock twist.
A series of flashbacks showed how Joel had tried to strangle Max Turner (Paddy Bever) before Lauren hit him with a rock to try and save her friend.
Max later confessed he was solely responsible to the police, but Lauren now finds herself locked up after Max’s stepdad David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) tipped the police off about the truth.
Speaking about how her character is dealing with everything now, Cait admits that Lauren is now ‘a completely different person’.
‘She’s now killed someone and that’s going to stay with her for a long time, I don’t know how she will come back from that,’ Cait explains.
‘After everything Joel has done, Lauren doesn’t feel like she got the justice that she wanted – he tried to kill her, her baby and has hurt everyone that she loves.
‘But I do think the fact that Lauren knows she’s going to have to explain everything to Frankie will be really tough on her.’
Things are set to get even more complicated for Lauren, as Joel’s parents arrive in Weatherfield and start demanding access to her and Joel’s son Frankie.
‘Both Gus and Anthea are a massive threat to Lauren because now that Joel isn’t around, they will do anything in their power to bring Lauren down,’ she says. ‘I think this is where we will see another side to Lauren, because it’s a natural motherly instinct, and she’ll be in full mother mode as well as survival mode, but not just for herself anymore, but her son.’
Cait adds: ‘Whenever Lauren looks at Gus, all she can see is Joel which is really triggering for her.’
Lauren will also feel ‘anger and resentment’ towards the Platts for reporting her to the police, Cait says.
‘I think deep down she understands because she’s got Frankie now and she feels that unconditional love of a parent, knowing you would do anything for them,’ she says.
‘But on the other hand, Lauren is a very jealous person and Max has that big family that’s loved and respected by everyone on the street, has a nice house and all have each other’s back – which is something Lauren’s never had.
‘So at first, I think she will feel anger and resentment towards them. Lauren opens up to Shona, so she thinks that Shona is the one to go behind her back instead of David, which is really disappointing to Lauren because she thought of Shona as a mother type figure.’
Will Lauren get through her latest ordeal?
