Shepherd: 'David will be Kylie's lapdog'

Coronation Street star Jack P. Shepherd has admitted that his character David Platt will be like a "puppy dog" around new fiancée Kylie Turner.

As announced at the beginning of the year, the Weatherfield duo are to tie the knot in the coming weeks - to the surprise and horror of their respective families.

The storyline begins in earnest tomorrow evening when Kylie is revealed as the true identity of 'Candy', the mystery girl who David met in Tenerife.

In an interview with Holy Soap, Shepherd explained: "It's a perfect match. As far as who's gonna wear the pants in the relationship, I think it'll be Kylie.

"Only because whenever I've had a relationship with another character, I don't know why I do it, but I always walk around like a puppy dog, like a lapdog, around whoever. He would always do anything for Kylie so because of that she'd wear the pants."

He added: "I particularly like him at the minute because he's all loved up with Kylie and he's like a puppy dog around her - I like that side of him at the minute."

Paula Lane, who plays Kylie, recently said that she is looking forward to exploring her character's "fun" side in her scenes with David.