Coronation Street's Calum Lill says he 'struggled acting' with one co-star as he's praised over soap update

Coronation Street star Calum Lill has admitted he 'struggled acting' with one of his co-stars as he was flooded with responses to his soap update. The actor is currently getting under viewers' skin by playing Joel Deering in the ITV soap.

When Joel first arrived in Weatherfield as the new love interest of Dee-Dee Bailey last year, Corrie fans were unsure whether to trust him. And their gut feeling about the character, was soon proved to be right.

It was revealed back in May that he was behind the sudden disappearance of Lauren Bolton' after he left her for dead. Months after she went missing, a flashback clip revealed him to be Lauren's secret 'boyfriend' before viewers were shown him brutally attacking her with a chair leg.

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Corrie fans were then left to ponder for months whether Lauren had survived the ordeal and it was confirmed she did when she appeared by Roy's bedside in the hospital after he suffered a heart attack.

However, as she tried to make an exit from the hospital, she was grabbed by Joel before the truth about what happened between the pair before the shock attack was uncovered and it was revealed the pair were sleeping together as Joel gave a struggling Lauren money.

On the day she vanished, Joel lashed out violently at Lauren following a mention of his current fiancée, Dee-Dee Bailey. Joel took off, while Lauren feigned death and has since been in hiding, jumping from hostel to hostel, terrified for her safety. But the biggest twist was that the teen was expecting Joel's baby and has since given birth prematurely.

Amid the dark scenes, with Joel