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" Coronation Street schemer Todd Grimshaw is triumphant next week as his pursuit of Marcus Dent finally pays off. Marcus (Charlie Condou) gives into temptation during a visit to the Grimshaw house as he is no longer able to resist Todd&amp;#039;s attempts to flirt with him. Here, Bruno Langley - who plays Todd - explains why his character is being so ruthless.  Has Todd been biding his time with Marcus since he was told to back off after their close encounter? &amp;quot;I think Todd has definitely set his sights on Marcus - he is going after one thing and one thing only at the minute. Todd has not really been going out into town - he&amp;#039;s been staying close to home so he can keep an eye on everything, so I guess he has been biding his time and keeping tabs on the situation. Todd is someone who knows what he wants and won&amp;#039;t stop until he gets it - never mind the consequences.&amp;quot; \u00A0 Do you think Todd genuinely wants Marcus, or is it more about proving a point? &amp;quot;No, I think Todd definitely does want him. He likes the challenge and the chase, that&amp;#039;s for sure, but Todd is genuinely attracted to Marcus and sometimes that&amp;#039;s all it takes.&amp;quot; Would Todd want Marcus just as much if Marcus turned around and agreed to a relationship? &amp;quot;It might change the dynamics slightly, but I think Todd would say, &amp;#039;Right, let&amp;#039;s go for it then!&amp;#039; I don&amp;#039;t think he&amp;#039;d waste any time.&amp;quot;  How does Todd feel about the possibility of hurting Maria? &amp;quot;Todd has a bit of a warped way of thinking - he thinks that by persuading Marcus round, he&amp;#039;d be doing everyone a favour. Ultimately Todd is willing to sacrifice other people&amp;#039;s happiness for his own desires. Todd just keeps saying that he&amp;#039;s doing it for Marcus, because Todd is adamant that Marcus is just living a lie. He feels as though he&amp;#039;s helping them all out - he believes that if Marcus doesn&amp;#039;t fall for him, he&amp;#039;ll fall for someone else eventually.&amp;quot; Why is Todd angry about Marcus&amp;#039;s plans to buy a house with Maria? &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s not angry about it - I think it&amp;#039;s jealousy more than anything. Todd is exasperated at the fact that Marcus can&amp;#039;t see he&amp;#039;s making a mistake with Maria and that he should be with him instead. Todd had had his own place in London but now he&amp;#039;s back in Weatherfield stuck in his mum&amp;#039;s box room, so I think Marcus and Maria&amp;#039;s independence and life together makes him quite frustrated. He doesn&amp;#039;t like to see other people happy when he&amp;#039;s not.&amp;quot;  Todd has told Marcus that he has an estate agent friend. Is that a lie? &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a complete lie. It&amp;#039;s all just so he can converse with him. Todd isn&amp;#039;t stupid, he knows what he&amp;#039;s doing!&amp;quot; Todd starts to confide in Marcus about his father. Is this just a sob story to get Marcus on side? &amp;quot;Yes I&amp;#039;d say so. That&amp;#039;s not to say that there aren&amp;#039;t issues there because I think there are for whatever reason, but he&amp;#039;s definitely playing on it for Marcus&amp;#039;s benefit.&amp;quot;   Todd tells Sean that he&amp;#039;s in love with someone else. How true is that? &amp;quot;It all depends what Todd&amp;#039;s perception of love is! I don&amp;#039;t think he&amp;#039;s in love with Marcus, he&amp;#039;s lustful but probably not in love. Again, Todd is clever and everything he does has a motive behind it. He knows Sean won&amp;#039;t keep his mouth shut and that information will soon be out there. It&amp;#039;s manipulation.&amp;quot; Can Todd tell that Marcus is becoming increasingly attracted to him? &amp;quot;Todd is definitely reeling him in slowly but surely. His mind games are definitely working. Todd knows exactly what he&amp;#039;s doing - he knows himself and he&amp;#039;s using all he has to get Marcus. He knows what works. Todd is so confident - this all comes quite naturally to him.&amp;quot;  Who makes the first move next week? &amp;quot;Marcus. The scene is all about Todd pushing him and pushing him until Marcus caves.&amp;quot;  Eileen is very suspicious, isn&amp;#039;t she? &amp;quot;Eileen is instantly suspicious - she knows exactly what Todd is up to. She does try to persuade Todd to leave Marcus alone, but Todd tells her in rather plain terms that he won&amp;#039;t be paying any attention to her!&amp;quot;  Do you think Todd has any conscience about what he&amp;#039;s doing? &amp;quot;I think Todd has a reason for doing what he&amp;#039;s doing. Todd was going to marry Sarah and have children, but he knew it wasn&amp;#039;t right and he was just getting swept up in it all. In a way he can see the same pattern happening with Marcus, so Todd is quite adamant when he tells Marcus that he&amp;#039;s doing the wrong thing.  &amp;quot;Todd&amp;#039;s way of thinking is that he&amp;#039;s saving Marcus from wrong, and in the long run he thinks he&amp;#039;s doing Maria a favour too! But from Eileen&amp;#039;s point of view he&amp;#039;s breaking up a family. Todd has a completely different way of thinking - he can&amp;#039;t understand why people can&amp;#039;t see it. He goes about it all in the wrong way.&amp;quot; Read more Coronation Street spoilers and news Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on ITV. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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