Carla Connor will return to Coronation Street next week to support Ryan Connor after his acid attack ordeal.
Ryan has had his appearance changed forever after a harrowing attack by evil Justin on Daisy Midgeley. Justin had planned to attack Daisy on her wedding day, but when Ryan stepped in his path, the acid landed on him instead.
It has left Ryan struggling with his injuries and Daisy feeling guilty as she felt she had caused what happened to him in what will shape his life forever. Next week, Ryan still struggles in hospital as he's told more about his future.
He confides in Alya that he can only be discharged from the hospital when he sees his injuries, whilst she tries to explain to him that he has been avoiding it and urges him to do it when he's ready.
Elsewhere, Carla returns to support Ryan amid his mum Michelle's absence. Ryan tells Carla that he couldn't cope without Alya, and it seems like romance could be on the cards for them in the future after his confession.
Coronation Street actress Erin Austen - who plays Ryan's new love interest Crystal - recently teased some "incredible twists" in the acid attack storyline after she joined the soap as a DJ from Ibiza.
Teasing what's to come for her character and Ryan amid the acid attack storyline, she told the Liverpool Echo: "You’ll have to keep watching and trust me when I say there are some incredible twists coming up."
Erin also spoke of what it was like working with the long-running show's cast and crew, adding: "Everyone from the security guards, catering staff and every single cast member made me feel so welcome. They are genuinely the nicest bunch of people I have ever met. The cast and crew are so committed, so talented - it is like a slick well oiled machine."
Ryan previously revealed one of the most difficult things for him has been the prosthetic make-up.
"The colouration has to be done every time by hand, every time I come in. There is around 15 people in the makeup team that will have to get used to putting it on," he said, "It was about an hour in the chair at the beginning and an hour to get it off.
"The hardest thing to do is match it with continuity, so they are having to match not just the colouration but the placement too, they've got a huge job but they are smashing it."
