Rob Mallard has admitted that his character Daniel has "a niggling feeling" that something is not right with his girlfriend Daisy (Charlotte Jordan) on Coronation Street this week.
As the pair wait to hear whether Justin (Andrew Still) has been found guilty of terrorising her and throwing acid over Ryan (Ryan Prescott), Daniel is unaware that Daisy and Ryan shared a kiss during an emotional moment last week.
When they head in to court, Daniel clocks a look between Daisy and Ryan - and later, he quizzes her about the tension between them.
"It's a pure paranoia moment where his insecurity gets the better of him and he can't help but assume the worst," explained Mallard. "In Roy's Rolls, when Daniel challenges Daisy about the tension between her and Ryan, she rationalises it away as just the connection that they have with each other.
"But Daniel thinks that there is something going on between them. He wouldn't have brought it up to Daisy on the day of the verdict if his paranoia and his suspicions weren't strong. He has a niggling feeling in the back of his mind that he is being lied to."
"As the trial ends, it's the start of this triangle that now exists between Ryan, Daisy and Daniel," he continued. "As much as he should be the one that's on Daisy's arm, he can't also say 'Right Ryan, can you go away now?' Daniel has to be sensitive to the severity of what happened between Daisy and Ryan.
"Daniel now has this awkward role of understanding why Daisy and Ryan are keeping each other around while also wishing Ryan would just go away! We will see Daniel start to measure up aspects of himself to Ryan and there may be some butting of male egos..."
Should Daniel ever find out the truth about Daisy and Ryan's kiss, however, Mallard thinks that he would not be quite as understanding.
"Daniel would be devastated," he said. "He would be angry with Daisy but probably less so with Ryan. Daisy's betrayal would devastate him and it would change things between them.
"If Daisy has demonstrated that she can be unfaithful, even if Daniel were to forgive her, he would never forget it. I think it would make them more volatile as a couple and more susceptible to not trusting each other."
Coronation Street continues Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
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