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Corrie team reveal who was originally supposed to be stabbed in storyline and it wasn't Mason
Coronation Street writers have opened up about one of the soap's most hard-hitting storylines in recent years - and it seems a different character was originally supposed to be stabbed
During a Royal Television Society event titled Deep Dive: Writing for Soap, a collection of Coronation Street writers discussed the powerful storyline as well as other memorable moments on the cobbles. Chatting about the knife plotline, Joe Parkinson, a scriptwriter for the ITV serial drama who has a year under his belt and a prior five-year stint as a story producer and editor, dropped a surprising fact, reports Belfast Live. Coronation Street writers have revealed who was originally supposed to be stabbed on the cobbles and it wasn't Mason Radcliffe (Image: ITV)Joe divulged: "On the back of the bullying storyline for Liam, I pitched the knife crime story as well to go along with that, which we put off for a long time, if you remember."
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