Coronation Street actor Todd Boyce has said that his character Stephen "has a taste" for murder and has backed him to kill multiple times more.
The Canadian businessman - son of Audrey (Sue Nicholls) - first struck late last year when he unintentionally killed Leo (Joe Frost) during a dispute, then going on to deliberately murder Leo's dad Teddy (Grant Burgin) in January.
"I think there could be more," Boyce told The Mirror. "He has a taste for it now and I think he figures that if he gets caught for three, he might as well get caught for four or five.
"It would be great to go down in the record books as the show's biggest serial killer. What a thing to be known for."
He continued: "I'm forever being asked by the cast, 'Now how long are you here for?' Then they'll come back a month later and go, 'Tell me again, how long do you think you're going to stay?'
"They just want to know when they'll be clear of me and when their future is safe! There have been rumours about Stephen killing very senior characters and they're all cagey with me.
"Every single cast member I work with is worried that they could be next on my list. At the moment I'm doing a lot of scenes with Ryan Russell, who plays Michael Bailey, and he's thinking, 'Hmm, when did I sign my last contract?'"
Coronation Street continues Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
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