Coronation Street actress Sue Nicholls has opened up on her fears over her ITV character Audrey Roberts being cut from the popular soap when it emerged her on-screen son Stephen Reid was a cold-blooded killer.It comes as Todd Boyce reprised the role of the character last year, 15 years after he was last seen on the cobbles.

Stephen has left chaos in his wake ever since claiming three victims in total - Leo Thompkins, his dad Teddy and businessman Rufus Donahue.ITV soap fans are also concerned he has bumped off fan-favourite Tim Metcalfe before his own exit from the show as they prepare for his dramatic climax scenes later this week as viewers wait to see if he escapes justice for his crimes.When actress Sue was quizzed on it being the end of the road for Audrey due to Stephen becoming a villain, Sue told Manchester Evening News: "Yes I did, I think we all thought that we could be at risk.

Actually, I still think that what has happened with Stephen could see Audrey off, we are all only on one-year contracts so you never know."The aftermath of what happens this week and the confrontation with Stephen does have a profound effect on Audrey, she is a victim in many respects and how will she cope with that."Although she did share her enjoyment at being involved in the storyline and how it has all unfolded for her character. "I do love that feeling of everyone being involved," the 79-year-old shared. "The cast is very big these days so I don’t often get to work with a lot of them and particularly in the past few years we have all been very much with our immediate group of characters." Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. She added: "I have never had

Coronation Street's Sue Nicholls teases shock axe following Stephen Reid exit

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