Corrie star Colson Smith on Craig becoming Bethany’s unlikely saviour – and growing up in rough, tough Weatherfield …
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Heroes come in all shapes and sizes – and there’s no greater example of that than Corrie’s Craig Tinker, saviour of Bethany Platt. The special constable recently diced with danger and risked his career to get his sergeant and mentor, Neil Clifton, to confess to having sex with the vulnerable schoolgirl, who was groomed by her ‘boyfriend’ Nathan Curtis.
Here, we chat to Colson Smith, 19, who plays the unlikely hero…
Are you surprised that out of all the characters in Corrie, it’s Craig who’s been Bethany’s saviour?
Yes. You don’t automatically think of Craig as the hero, but I guess he was in the right place at the right time. Bethany needed somebody to listen to her, and he’s the sort of person who will sit back and listen, and not judge.
Craig was a dopey kid when he first came to the cobbles and didn’t speak very much. Are you surprised by the man he has become?
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