A CORONATION Street hunk is making a shock return to the soap more than 25 years after a steamy affair storyline that tore iconic couple apart.
However, there is a twist in the tale as the actor won't be making a comeback to his former role.
Instead, Flying Eze can reveal that he will be playing a totally new character.
Actor Dominic Rickhards previously played therapist Michael Wall who was responsible for the break up of iconic couple Jim and Liz McDonald in the late nineties.
It tore the McDonald family apart and left fans reeling at seeing Jim and Liz splitting.
But now actor Dominic is set to play a new character as part of Daisy Midgeley’s impending exit storyline.
He will play the part of the seemingly charming Dom Norwood.
The character will first appear in episodes airing next week when he arrives as the mystery man who Rovers landlady Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews) has been talking to on her app.
Dom charms Jenny and lures her into in his .
However the landlady is unaware that Dom has secretly been hired by Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan) and her mum Christina (Amy Robbins) to pose as the man that Jenny has been talking to online in a bid to con from her.
It’s thought that Dominic will appear in multiple episodes as the plot intensifies over the coming weeks.
The storyline is part of Daisy’s forthcoming dramatic exit storyline after actress Charlotte Jordan quit the soap after five years.
Dominic’s first stint on the cobbles saw him play occupational therapist Michael Wall.
The actor appeared in the role for almost two years between 1998 – 2000.
The character was brought in as show legend Jim McDonald’s (Charlie Lawson) therapist following an accident which had left him crippled and unable to walk or look after himself.
Michael then went on to embark on a steamy affair with Jim’s wife Liz (Bev Callard) behind his back.
The pair later left Jim heartbroken when they revealed that they had been having an affair and were now in love and moving away together.
In 2000, the character exited the show after he and Liz broke off their engagement after Liz decided that she wanted to move back to Weatherfield.
Since leaving the soap the first time around, Dominic has appeared in a string of TV shows and films including , , The Chelsea Detective and Waking the Dead.
He also appeared alongside actor Steve Guttenberg in The Well.
In 2001, Dominic was cast as one of the leads in ill fated ITV soap Night & Day.
