Daniel Osbourne’s (Rob Mallard) opinion of Max Turner (Paddy Bever) changes in future Coronation Street episodes as he discovers what he’s been up to while in the STC.
Max was arrested a few months ago after Blake exposed his involvement in Griff’s (Michael Condron) extremism gang.
After the stabbing at Speed Daal and the bomb being found in the restaurant van, Max knew that he needed to face the consequences for his actions and chose to plead guilty at the hearing.
Prior to this dark storyline, viewers will remember that Max decided to spread lies about Daniel being in a relationship with Summer (Harriet Bibby), who was at Weatherfield High at the time.
After having ‘nothing to do with each other’ for a while, the teacher has now started working at the STC, meaning he often bumps into the troubled teen.
With Max feeling incredibly lonely while behind bars, he gets his hands on Daniel’s phone in upcoming episodes and decides to record a video about what his life has been like which, according to Rob Mallard, alters Daniel’s perception of someone he once called an enemy.
‘Daniel sees that suddenly this person, who was so set out to destroy him, is now in such a weak and vulnerable position and it’s quietly tragic’, he explained.
‘Daniel feels partly to blame for Max’s downward spiral; Daniel pushed Max down the stairs, and he lied about it. I don’t think Daniel has quite grasped just how difficult it will be but I think he is definitely cut out for it because his personal mission in his life is to be of use as an educator and I think when he sees Max in the state that he’s in, it’s killing two birds with one stone; Daniel gets to redeem himself for what he did to Max in the past and he also gets to help someone turn his life around which is what Daniel wants to do.’
‘Max won’t talk to Daniel in the class, so Daniel knows he needs to find a way of getting through to him’, Rob added.
‘Max does the first video, so Daniel takes the cue from Max and reciprocates it that way.’
Wanting to help Max and also David (Jack P Shepherd), the dynamic between Daniel and these characters is now completely different.
‘Daniel is much more understanding of David’s predicament with Max and because Daniel is a dad himself, he looks at it like, “well I don’t know what Bertie is going to be like so it could be me in this situation one day”’, Rob said.
‘When Daniel speaks to Max, he always says “the reason I am doing this is because your dad is worried about you”’.
But will it be enough to help a struggling Max?
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