Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Connor McIntyre is booed in the street for his Coronation Street character’s villainy

Connor McIntyre plays the villain Pat Phelan in Coronation Street (Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)
Connor McIntyre plays the villain Pat Phelan in Coronation Street (Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

CONNOR McINTYRE has been absolutely chilling as Corrie baddie Pat Phelan.

So much so that he walked off with the Villain of the Year at last month’s British Soap Awards.

But Connor admits there’s a price to pay for his bad behaviour on screen.

Viewers have been booing him in the street for the various nasty schemes Pat’s been behind.

“People are engaged,” admits Liverpool-born Connor. “Woe betide you if you go near their favourite characters with bad intentions like Phelan does.

“They don’t like it. I’m getting the hate mail but there’s a bit of love there too. Generally it’s restricted to the character and it’s not personal.”

Connor’s active on Twitter and he says he’s been really impressed by the fact that fans have taken the time to come up with poems and artworks about Phelan.

“They are very creative, the fans out there,” he says.

“Someone tweeted recently that their great-aunt had asked them to write to Coronation Street suggesting that Pat Phelan be poisoned!

“That whole image is lovely – it’s a credit to the writers they have created a villain like this.”

Phelan features prominently this week as he helps out Jason over the murder weapon.

But Connor’s not keen on his alter ego getting away with his sheer nastiness.

“I’m not a fan of Pat Phelan – he reminds me of some duplicitous, Machiavellian politicians and world leaders,” laughs Connor.

“He will tumble – the bad guys can’t win. And we can’t let them win in real life too.

“There’s still some interesting questions about Pat Phelan – where he’s come from, what’s made him the way he is? – to be answered.”

Coronation Street, ITV, various times and days.


READ MORE

Coronation Street’s Kym Marsh talks triumphs, tears and turning 40

Alison King explains why it is time to say goodbye to Coronation Street