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Coronation Street busybody Norris Cole is to be held captive by admirer Mary Taylor in a dramatic new storyline, it has been revealed.

The plot begins when the newsagent, played by actor Malcolm Hebden, agrees to go on holiday with Mary to a remote cottage near Haworth where the Brontë sisters wrote their novels.

It is believed that crazed Mary (Patti Clare) subsequently sabotages the car and the cottage's phone before turning violent to Norris's horror.

Weatherfield producers are thought to have drawn inspiration from Stephen King's 1988 novel Misery when devising the storyline. The book tells the story of a novelist who is kidnapped by unstable fan Annie Wilkes and subsequently held in a remote location.

Speaking of the plot, a Corrie source told The Mirror: "Mary convinces herself they are reincarnations of Heathcliffe and Cathy and keeps trying to share his bed.

"Norris escapes to a phone box. When Mary arrives he tries to run and hide but falls and sprains his ankle. Mary refuses to take him to hospital and returns him to the cottage telling him, 'The more helpless you are the stronger I get'."

The newspaper reports that Norris later decides to barricade himself in the cottage when he spots Mary in the yard with an axe.

The insider added: "At first viewers will be amused by Norris's plight. But they'll soon realise that Mary is seriously demented."

Digital Spy

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LMAO, sounds like something out of a horror movie.

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I bet it will be quite funny xD

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Originally Posted by Chewy

I bet it will be quite funny xD

I actually think the best way they can develop her character is by taking her down the psycho root. We need more baddies on the cobbles a la Stubbs, Tracey, Hillman, and Maya etc.

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Aye she already is kinda creepy (remember when she saw Norris and Freda in that picture?)

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Originally Posted by Chewy

Aye she already is kinda creepy (remember when she saw Norris and Freda in that picture?)

No, I've missed quite a bit this year. What did she do?

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I think she was either cutting out Freda...or she shoved an ice cream into Freda (the picture)

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Originally Posted by Chewy

I think she was either cutting out Freda...or she shoved an ice cream into Freda (the picture)

Lmao, wish I'd seen that now.

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It was her first scene back

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Originally Posted by Chewy

It was her first scene back

She reminds me of that Constance character off Ugly Betty.

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lol I dont watch Ugly Betty

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Well, she's very similar to Scary Mary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMfkEEG0jj0

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I see

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I'd love to see Mary get the wrong end of the stick and have a fight with say Rita like that, though I doubt it could rival the one between Eileen and Gail.

[Mrluvaluva]

I like the way he sprains his ankle instead of getting them smashed in. Sounds quite amusing yet sinister.

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I wonder when this happens?

[Smithy]

I think its in the next couple of months, i remember reading about it the other day

lmao its gonna be hilarious

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Awesome

[Patrick]

I might watch, Hopefully theres a thread on here that tells us when it is.

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Scary Mary,,,.

I hope Mary is as acary as Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates).

[Mrluvaluva]

The look on his face. Lol