Coronation Street star Rob Mallard has said that his character Daniel seems to have finally put his issues with David (Jack P Shepherd) behind him.
The pair have clashed multiple times over the last 18 months, chiefly over the misbehaviour of David's adopted son Max (Paddy Bever), who is currently in a secure training centre for inciting terrorism.
Daniel recently got a job at the STC as a teacher to the young offenders, including Max, and in scenes to be shown next week they bond as Max starts to open up about how tough he's finding it inside.
"Daniel is much more understanding of David's predicament with Max and because Daniel is a dad himself, he looks at it like, 'Well I don't know what Bertie is going to be like so it could be me in this situation one day,'" said Mallard. "When Daniel speaks to Max, he always says 'The reason I am doing this is because your dad is worried about you.'"
"Daniel feels partly to blame for Max's downward spiral; Daniel pushed Max down the stairs and he lied about it," he added.
"I don't think Daniel has quite grasped just how difficult it will be but I think he is definitely cut out for it because his personal mission in his life is to be of use as an educator and I think when he sees Max in the state that he's in, it's killing two birds with one stone; Daniel gets to redeem himself for what he did to Max in the past and he also gets to help someone turn his life around which is what Daniel wants to do."
Speaking about Daniel and David's relationship, he continued. "They have had loads of ups and downs. Their relationship is at a point now where David and Daniel respect each other as dads so it's nice now that they have a mutual respect for each other.
"It was fun to play the rivalry between them but you can't play that indefinitely; eventually relationships do have to either break down or get better and in this case their relationship has got better."
Coronation Street continues Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
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