Coronation Street villain Reece Dinsdale quizzed by fans as he announces return to soap
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCoronation Street's former villain Reece Dinsdale has baffled - and delighted - fans by announcing he has returned to the soap.
The actor has had to clarify to some, however, that it won't be in an acting role. That's because his character Joe McIntyre, who was Gail Platt's fourth husband and father of Tina McIntyre played by Michelle Keegan, after he died attempting to fake his own death, mirroring the real-life case of John Darwin who is currently being depicted in a new ITV drama.
Joe met a watery end in 2010, two years after making his debut on the cobbles when Joe and Gail met as prospective when their children Tina and David Platt started seeing each other. READ MORE: Coronation Street's Ken legend Bill Roache reunites with first on-screen wife - and says she had crush on him Joe proposed to Gail on a boat he had renovated but Gail was unaware that the kitchen fitter was deep in debt and she married Joe in January 2010.
On their honeymoon, in scenes filmed in the Lake District, Joe attempted to fake his own death for the life insurance money and he told Gail who was horrified.
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