Coronation Street's boss has revealed he was concerned Roy Cropper's new storyline crossed the actor's "red line".
The legendary character has been played by David Neilson in the long-running soap since 1995. Nina Lucas bought Roy a smartphone for Christmas and the show's producer told the ECHO and other press he considered hiding from the star when he pitched him the new plot.
Iain MacLeod joked: "I did hear rumours when I first arrived on Coronation Street that David Neilson's one red line was that Roy would never have a mobile phone so when we storylined this I was kind of hiding from David thinking when he reads this script he's going to go mad.
