Coronation Street star Daniel Brocklebank has shared that viewers will see 'real tears' on-screen as Billy Mayhew discovers the truth about Paul Foreman's Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis.
Last month, fans of the ITV soap saw Paul receive the devastating news that he has the fatal, rapidly progressing disease that affects the brain and spinal cord, after initially thinking he had a prolonged injury from accidentally being knocked down by Carla Connor in the Underworld van.
Since getting his diagnosis, Paul kept the news from his loved ones, only confiding in his friend and former flatmate Dee-Dee Bailey and went to desperate measures to try and fix his money woes without being able to work and promising to help his twin sister Gemma Winter pay for her dream wedding.
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Now, with the wedding just around the corner, Billy is set to find out the devastating truth about his partner. Viewers will see in scenes to air on Friday night (May 26) that Billy heads into the courthouse and Paul is horrified to see him there. The magistrate addresses Paul and tells him that in light of his serious medical condition, MND, he’ll receive a suspended sentence, leaving Billy in shock.
The storyline is one close to Daniel's heart as he has had his own personal experience of MND, a disease which attacks the nerves that control movement so muscles no longer work. MND does not usually affect the senses such as sight, sound and feeling but it can leave people locked in a failing body, unable to move, talk and eventually breathe.
The 43-year-old's grandfather died of MND after being diagnosed just a week before his death, and the star previously shared how his own experiences
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