Cassie Plummer (Claire Sweeney) was faced with a dark reminder of her past in Coronation Street recently, when she ended up talking to Tyrone Dobbs’ (Alan Halsall) biological father.
At the time, Cassie didn’t recognise Ross Wilkes (Ian Burfield). She got drunk with him and enjoyed his company, using their conversation as a distraction from her relationship woes.
When Ross left, Cassie checked his bar tab and realised who she had been speaking to. Even though their interaction was brief, we got a feel for the type of man Ross is due to how badly he spoke to Cassie once she had consumed a fair bit of alcohol.
He then rocked up to the Bistro a couple of days later, after Hope Stape (Isabella Flanagan) and Ruby Dobbs (Billie Naylor) told Tyrone that they had tracked his biological father down thanks to DNA testing.
Away from how badly their chat ended a few days ago, Cassie is struggling to be around Ross because of what he did to her when she was underage.
When Cassie was in her early teens, she fell in with the wrong crowd and was made to sleep with people for money. One of those men was Ross, who then made her fall pregnant with Tyrone.
Cassie gave birth to her son, but Evelyn Plummer (Maureen Lipman) decided to leave baby Tyrone on the doorstep of a police station.
This eventually resulted in Tyrone getting adopted by Jackie and Darren.
In scenes that will air soon, Cassie does her best to prove that Ross is bad news by uploading a picture of him to an app where you can post reviews of ex-boyfriends.
She tells Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) that she hopes there will be a deluge of horror stories that she can show to Ty. Steve advises her to delete it, but will Cassie agree?
And if Ross gets wind of what she’s up to, could Cassie be in danger ahead of Claire Sweeney’s exit from the show?
Discussing what Tyrone makes of his dad rocking up after all these years, star Alan Halsall said: ‘At first, Tyrone really tries—he even goes and plays golf with him, despite having a horrendous back injury. He eventually starts to see a father figure there; he’s an imposing chap, but quite laid back. Tyrone starts to think, “Actually, this guy seems all right, and I could go for a beer with my dad.” It’s a shame he wasn’t in his life, and he starts to understand the circumstances of why that was the case.’
But as Tyrone gets to know this new face, Alan has teased that this dynamic may not last long: ‘He looks at his dad and thinks, “I’ve got a father in my life now, and nothing can go wrong.” But we know that’s not the case, certainly in Tyrone’s life.
‘He knows full well what kind of trouble and lies this guy could bring to his doorstep.’
