Sally Dynevor thinks Sally Metcalfe would risk her marriage to expose father-in-law Geoff.
Sally Dynevor
The 'Coronation Street' actress has opened up on her character's determination to expose Ian Bartholomew's alter ego for his controlling and abusive actions towards Yasmeen Nazir (Shelley King), and how it could impact her own relationship with Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine).
She said: "I think she would be prepared to risk it as, how could she live with someone who is not accepting of some of the issues that have been raised about Geoff?
"So, I think Sally would go far to defend Yasmeen because she is so upset about it and determined to help her at the detriment of her own relationship.
"She says to Ayla at one point, what about my relationship, but the more time goes on the more she is thinking I'm going to do everything I can for Yasmeen and Tim is going to have to come to the realisation that his father is an abuser."
The 57-year-old soap star admitted Joe's character is struggling with everything going on, and he feels his on-screen dad needs help.
However, her alter ego Sally wants to support Yasmeen and keep her out of prison after she attacked her evil husband.
She added: "He's really not happy about it. Tim thinks that Geoff is this man who is in desperate need and we should be supporting him and looking after him and Sally says no, I just don't believe him.
"But Tim at this point just doesn't seem to be listening to Sally, he's supporting his dad, and from that point of view, you can understand both sides really."
Even the actress herself doesn't know how the storyline will play out, as filming was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.
She explained: "Well because of what has happened I have no idea where they are going to go with this. I'm really hoping that's how it goes, that it puts a massive strain on their relationship.
"I can't wait to get more scripts actually to find out how this will affect Sally and Tim going forward, as we were at such a pinnacle moment in the story when production completely stopped."