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 this comes to a climax, I leave this incredible place filled with so many people I’ve come to know and love and been some of my best friends over the last 18 months.
"I’m very excited to get to the end of the story, but it will be very bittersweet because it’s the most incredible place to work." The actor has also landed his first role post Corrie - signing up to appear in panto on the other side of the country. He has signed up to appear in a Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime in Bournemouth later this year.
Corrie has said goodbye to several cast members this year. Let's break down who's left the famous soap: Eliza Woodrow (Savannah Kunyo) has said farewell to Corrie to start a new life in Germany . The youngster moved to live with her dad Dom Everett, who went back on the £10,000 bribe Eliza's grandfather Stu had offered to keep him out of her life.
Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) will bow out of the soap this summer when he loses his fight with motor neurone disease (MND) in tragic scenes. After being diagnosed last year, the fan favourite was devastated to learn he only had months left to live. Viewers know he is planning to take his own life to end his suffering.
Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) departed the cobbles after being offered the opportunity of a lifetime to study in America. Though she struggled to decide with her stepdad Paul’s impending death from MND, she was convinced she had to live her life to the full. Simon Barlow ( Alex Bain ) has struggled with the sudden departure of his father Peter from the cobbles.
The Weatherfield legend left his family and loved ones behind on Boxing Day, 2023, when his wife Carla Connor encouraged him to travel around the world with a friend. Simon's been on a downward spiral ever since and his exit could end in tragedy. Alya Nazir is set to leave the cobbles as actress Sair Khan prepares to go on maternity leave ahead of the birth of her first child.
It looks likely she'll be heading to Dublin after securing a lucrative new job, leaving her colleague and fling Adam Barlow behind. Show stalwart Sue Cleaver , who plays Eileen Grimshaw, is taking a break to star in the Sister Act The Musical UK tour. She will be back filming in May once her dates on the tour come to an end.
Her character left the Street after her son Jason broke his back after falling off a moped in Asia. Calum will be playing the villainous Fleshcreep in the production that runs from Sat 7 Dec 2024 to Sun 5 Jan 2025. He said: “I’m really looking forward to my Christmas Boo’s in Bournemouth, when I bring my dastardly Fleshcreep to the stage.
Bring it on!”.
