Colson Smith has revealed that his Coronation Street alter ego Craig Tinker's shocking death made the perfect exit for him.
While Mick fled the scene and tried to menace Kit's girlfriend Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien), Craig briefly came round in hospital.
Doctors battled to revive Craig, but ultimately declared him dead, watched on by a devastated Kirk, Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) and paramedic Asha Alahan (Tanisha Gorey).
Speaking to RadioTimes.com and other media, the actor talked us through his reaction upon learning, last year, that Craig wasn't long for this world.
"So I fully expected the chat [with producer Kate Brooks] to go that way. In the conversation with Kate, there'd been about 20 minutes of Kate kind of, talking to me, but we hadn't touched on when, or how, or who or what.
"So I kind of stopped Kate and said 'Look, I have two questions: one is when, and two is do I get killed?' And she kind of stopped and stumbled a little bit; and I said 'If it makes it easier for you, the right answer for me is Yes," Smith explained.
"So in a really weird way, it was the right thing for me to be killed. I didn't want that 'We might have you back', knowing that it would be very unlikely and knowing that it would feel a bit like unfinished business and an unfinished job.
He also made a promise: fans won't be seeing him reappear as Craig for any flashbacks or ghost sequences!
While Craig's demise was truly harrowing, Smith had a great experience filming these episodes.
"I think he said I was the 40th person that he's killed! You kind of feel instantly in safe hands, and you feel like, when you're on set, that you're doing something special."
"On the Thursday night I came back to work, it must have been about 8pm, and it was a really nice evening. It was warm and security knew that I was coming.
In a sweet farewell gesture, Smith has revealed the personalised gifts he left all the cast and crew at Coronation Street on his last day.
There will be a Craig-shaped hole on the cobbles now that our brave PC Tinker has departed, that's for sure!
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