Corrie actor wanted 007 ending for Liam

Coronation Street actor Gray O'Brien has revealed that he would like to have seen Liam Connor killed off in a James Bond-style ending.

The 40-year-old, who plays Weatherfield's villainous Tony Gordon, dominates next week's Corrie episodes when his screen character kills off fan-favourite Liam Connor (Rob James-Collier) in one of three alternative ways.

However, speaking exclusively to DS, he suggested that he would have loved to see a 007-style ending for Liam after Tony was compared to Ernst Stavro Blofeld from the Bond films.

He said: "I'd have liked to have tied him to a lead table and put a laser between his legs and when Liam says 'Do you expect me to talk?', Tony would say 'No, Mr Connor, I expect you to die'.

"I'd have honestly gone for the laser, but they told me it was a little far-fetched."

Meanwhile, joking about the Blofeld-esque cat that producers gave him earlier in the year, he said: "I was really disappointed that they took it off me! I'm actually not very good with cats, so it was quite a big thing for me to be holding it. It purred louder than anything I'd ever heard - it was like a lion!"

He added: "I had to throw the cat to the ground and we got quite a few complaints about me throwing it in an unsympathetic way, never mind the fact that I tried to kill Jed Stone."

> Click here to read our full interview with Gray O'Brien
> The Ernst Stavro Blofeld of Weatherfield?