CORONATION Street’s Calum Lill is leaving the soap just over a year after joining, The Sun can exclusively reveal. The actor - who plays villain Joel Deering in the ITV soap - will depart in explosive scenes in the coming months. Viewers watched recently as Calum’s character Joel was revealed to be grooming and abusing young girls and to be responsible for trying to kill Lauren Bolton.
They watched sickened as he drugged her in attempt to kill her baby - but his plan backfired when she went into early labour and the baby survived. Now it has been revealed that Joel’s house of cards could be about to come crashing down as fiancee Dee-Dee begins to question some of his lies to her. And it will culminate in his exit from the cobbles.
Read more on Coronation Street A source said: “Calum has made a huge impact as Joel over the last year but he always knew it would be for a fixed term. “He’s been great playing Joel but all good soap villains must get their comeuppance and Joel’s is coming very soon. “He’s already landed his first job after the show and so he’ll be finished in time to start rehearsals for that.
“But on-screen Joel has no idea what’s coming for him as his dark secrets start to be exposed.” Most read in Soaps Actor Calum has previously opened up about feeling emotional about his potential exit from the soap - realising that playing "I think it's bittersweet for me,” he said. “As an actor, it's getting more and more juicy, but as soon as t.