'Coronation Street' Ben Price: 'Eva is perfect for Nick'

Coronation Street star Ben Price has claimed that Weatherfield newcomer Eva could be the ideal woman for his character Nick Tilsley.

Nick has remained single in the aftermath of his destructive affair with ex-wife Leanne and one-night stand with Tracy Barlow, but he is expected to start featuring in new love plots over the coming months.

Next week's episodes of the ITV1 soap see Nick have a one-night stand with erratic Becky McDonald (Katherine Kelly), who is on the rebound following her split from husband Steve.

However, speaking to Inside Soap about who else would be a good match for Nick, Price commented: "Maybe Eva. I think she'd be perfect for him - she's intelligent, feisty and Leanne's half-sister. After Natasha Blakeman, who was barmy and clingy, and then Leanne, which was complicated, Nick needs someone to give him a run for his money.

"That's what Becky can do and perhaps someone like Michelle - but not Fiz or Julie! It has to be someone who's going to have an intelligent argument with him, make him laugh and not take his nonsense."

Meanwhile, Price said of Nick's decision to sleep with Becky: "Nick likes the fact that he and Becky don't have a lot in common. She's not the sort of girl he'd ever normally go for and it's partly to show his mum, brother David and Leanne that he'll do whatever he wants.

"It's always going to be a dig at Leanne, too, saying, 'I was with Becky, so what?'"

Former Emmerdale and Lilies star Catherine Tyldesley made her debut as Eva earlier this year and recent press reports have suggested that her character could become involved with Nick in an upcoming plot.

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