Coronation Street star Ryan Prescott has said that his character Ryan would feel "so deceived" if he found out the truth about Crystal's real identity.
Earlier this year Ryan had been preparing to leave Weatherfield for a new life in Ibiza with club promoter, but those plans were dealt a cruel blow when a deranged Justin (Andrew Still) attempted to launch an acid attack on Daisy (Charlotte Jordan), only to end up dousing Ryan instead.
Since then, unbeknownst to Ryan, Crystal has ditched him due to his injuries, but Daisy has instead picked up the baton and has been texting him under the guise of Crystal on a spare phone.
"The thing is, Ryan has had such an intimate back and forth over the past month or so with 'Crystal' that he is genuinely starting to believe that in a different world, in a different time or somewhere down the line that there might be something there with her because they have developed an actual relationship," admitted Prescott.
"There has been a lot of natural chemistry between them and Ryan is finding joy in investing in their relationship. So to find out that it's been Daisy the whole time would make him feel humiliated because he has been very raw and 'himself' with this person. He would feel so deceived because it's such a huge lie to play for such a long time so he would feel like he was a toy and that he's a game to Daisy.
"He would feel an explosion of contempt for Daisy because he feels like he has lost Crystal and Daisy in one fell swoop."
Ryan had a brief fling with Daisy when she first arrived on the street - and their recent ordeal at the hands of Justin appears to have brought them closer, suggesting that there could still be a spark between them.
"In a weird way, I think any relationship for Ryan would be a good idea because he is so isolated right now," Prescott continued. "After his traumatic experience, Ryan's natural instinct has been to reach out and grab the relationships around him to try and ground himself. He's done that with Alya and taken on the heartbreak of that, he's tried to do the same with Crystal and now she's not replying so he just feels so alone.
"He definitely has a thing for Daisy but his confidence is so low and the reality is that he respects Daniel and he thinks that he is a great guy so he just wouldn't want to get entwined into that in the wrong way. He doesn't want to be anyone's enemy, he's just looking for someone to care about him."
Coronation Street continues every night this week at 7.30pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
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