Coronation Street has shared the images of the moment Ryan Connor sees his scars for the first time. The DJ was caught up in a horrific attack in shocking scenes which aired in the ITV soap last month.
Ryan, played by Ryan Prescott, stepped in to help Daisy Mideley when her stalker arrived at the pub on her wedding day. Justin Rutherford returned to the cobbles in order to unleash a horrific acid attack on the bride-to-be.
The barmaid's stalker was lurking in the shadows at the Rovers Return as she and Ryan Connor, who was drafted in as chauffeur as well as DJ, locked up the pub. After suggesting things were too perfect for her, Justin hurled acid in Daisy's direction, but Ryan jumped in front of her and was left writhing and screaming as the substance burned through his face and arm.
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Viewers have since seen Ryan struggling to accept what has happened to him and this was only worsened when he heard Justin pleaded not guilty at his plea hearing meaning a trial lies ahead. The news also led to him declaring his love for ex-girlfriend Alya Nazir, only for her not to return the feelings.
After being left crushed by Alya, Daisy headed to the hospital to see Ryan and she arranged for his club promoter friend Crystal to pay him a visit too to boost his confidence. Daisy, who was set to marry Daniel Osbourne when she was targeted by Justin, was later upset to be told by Crystal that she had no intention of seeing through her offer to him of him joining her in Ibiza to work as a DJ.
Meanwhile, back at the hospital, Ryan was telling his consultant in the hospital that he was ready to remove his bandages and see his scars for the first time while also sharing how his career was just about to begin.
In scenes to air on Wednesday night (April 19), with Carla there for support, Ryan tells the surgeon he’s ready to look at his injuries. But as he stares at his face the surgeon breaks the news that he is not healing as they had hoped and he needs a skin graft.
Daisy and Carla then head into Ryan's room only to discover him missing and his backpack gone and a search party is quickly organised. Daisy and Carla find Ryan by the tram station clearly traumatised. And his state leaves Daisy telling Daniel that she can’t bring herself to tell Ryan that Crystal wants nothing more to do with him.
Speaking about what he thinks Ryan is feeling when he sees his face for the first time, actor Ryan said: "For Ryan, I don’t think he expects it to be as bad as it is. He has never seen major burns before so he doesn’t know what to expect and because he has been in bandages for so long he gets into a little comfortable zone with just wearing the bandages.
"Once his facial injuries are revealed to him, it knocks it right out of him again. The initial glances are heartbreaking. The first time he sees his face, he is thinking, 'I am never going to have love in my life again. I am going to be the one that people look at in the street.'
"In that moment, all those feelings he was trying to ignore come rushing to the surface and he realises that there is no way this is going to heal and he is going to look like his burns haven’t been there. It confirms to him that this is going to affect every aspect of the rest of his life, no matter what."
Corrie has teamed up with Emmy, BAFTA and RTS award-winning makeup prosthetic designer Davy Jones and makeup prosthetics supervisor Beks Scott. "It was so impressive to have the opportunity to work with someone like that," Ryan said.
"I went to Davy’s workshop in the Wirral to have a cast made that covered my whole head. Davy’s workshop was wicked; he has done some big films and he had a lot of pieces of prosthetics around from The Blade trilogy and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. He works magic in that studio.
Sharing what he thought when he was first told about this storyline and what it would involve with the SFX makeup and prosthetics, Ryan, from Stockport, added: "I wanted to do this storyline because I thought it was a great responsibility to be able to open up a dialogue about acid attack survivors, especially after some research I realised how much more prevalent acid violence is than what I originally thought. I knew that the prosthetics was always going to be part of it and that was one of the positives to it."
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