Character development Karl Munro

—michie on karl (2011)

karl described ne er-do-well . michie told digital spy karl have had career professional footballer, opined keen on wine, women , song . karl clings onto stella because reliable , organised . stella had cancer scare , michie explained made karl think man first time in life . said s made him responsible , s made him fall in love woman first time, rather having brief affairs. karl attracted stella quite lot , michie opined karl love her. karl worked part-time in stella s public house in rochdale , played pub s football team. karl not have relationship eva , michie said kind of ruins karl . actor opined karl , eva dislike 1 because karl can see traits in her. michie told digital spy eva selfish, spoiled , wants own way , karl same. daily record called karl tense charming . michie told newspaper nice new character , karl fascinating guy . karl has real suppression of aggression deep down inside after failing become footballer. scottish sun described karl northern lad . michie scotland, because coronation street set in manchester, uses mancunian accent role. prepare role, michie visited bars in manchester pick dialect.

gambling addiction , affair sunita alahan

shobna gulati (pictured) explained character sunita alahan finds karl attractive because of naughty side, , own attentions her.

in november 2011, michie revealed karl become gambling addict in upcoming storyline. actor told daily record karl gambling while , descend debt after few big losses . told newspaper know gamblers like, has lie, drinks little bit more should , going cause tension in relationships. michie said karl s storyline viewers inside mind bit . munro researched gambling addictions coronation street , support gamblers anonymous. collins responded positively storyline felt gambling addiction big problem . opined people relate karl s addiction , how stella copes it. coronation street producer, phil collinson, revealed karl , stella s relationship face problems because of this. collinson teased karl may turn else sets off on dark journey . remarking on tensions arise between karl , stella, michie states doesn t know karl has problem, can t understand why karl behaving way is.

in january 2012, revealed karl begin affair sunita alahan (shobna gulati). of affair, collinson told daily star: there [have] been suggestions karl s wandering eye re going see ourselves. sunita not expect, makes more brilliant. michie had revealed hopes karl feature in infidelity storyline, saying think [his dream storyline] involve having affair behind stella s back, there lot of dramatic tension, want in drama. discussing karl s attraction sunita, michie calls character serial flirt notes sunita there s shyness s quite attracted to. karl partly attracted sunita because of differences in characters , finds sexy in demure way. golati conjectures sunita attracted karl because s naughty , s cute, , above all, s noticed . feels attraction between pair able develop because sunita s husband dev has taken eye off ball . michie remarked karl s developing friendship sunita brought out kind , caring side. shocked @ fact sunita s husband refuses collect police station after sunita makes exhibition of herself whilst drunk. @ point, states karl genuinely helping out - s not chasing her.