Coronation Street spoilers: Rowan’s grip on Leanne strengthens as Toyah fears the worst
Leanne remains extremely interested in Rowan’s cult (Picture: ITV)
Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) has recently fallen under the spell of a sinister cult in Coronation Street, after meeting its charismatic leader Rowan Cunliffe (Emrhys Cooper).
The usually sensible and down-to-earth Leanne quickly bought in to the Altervalent Institute’s ideals and methods, thanks to careful coaching from Rowan. Like a true believer, she has started to credit everything good that happens in her life as proof that the ‘reality coding’ that the group teaches is working.
Nick (Ben Price) and Toyah (Georgia Taylor) have both urged Leanne to be more wary in her dealings with Rowan, but the cult leader has twisted this and encouraged Leanne to ignore their scepticism.
Actor Emrhys Cooper, who has first hand experience of cults, told us that Leanne is exactly the sort of person a cult leader like Rowan would target. ‘He can see people who are susceptible, they’ve maybe got trauma. He can definitely see that she’s packing a lot and he can see the right buttons to press,’ he told us.
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She has been opening up to him a lot (Picture: ITV)
We had a glimpse of what could be Rowan’s real motives when he got Leanne to open up in a process that he called ‘uploading.’
This led to Leanne telling him all sorts of things about her past, such as her time as a sex worker – and the time she set fire to her restaurant, Valandro’s, in an insurance scam.
In a sinister twist, we saw that Rowan had recorded this whole discussion on his phone – so if Leanne’s commitment to the cause ever wavers, he’s got other means of controlling her or getting money from her.
In upcoming episodes money is very much on the agenda when Nick notices that £200 is missing from his and Leanne’s joint account.
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He confides in Toyah, who is worried that Leanne has spent the money on the Institute.
What Toyah and Nick don’t know is that Leanne has started taking some mysterious pills. Are they part of the Institute’s scams?
If so, what are they for and how much danger could Leanne be in?
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