Home > Drama > Do soaps, such as Corrie and Emmerdale, promote vigilantism and/or evading criminal justice? January 23rd, 2012 by Sarah. No comments Earlier today, I was reading an interview in which Coronation Street star Andrew Lancel discussed his character Frank Foster, and the forthcoming rape trial storyline, with the Daily Star It has of course been widely speculated it the press that there have been two endings filmed for the rape trial outcome; one in which Frank is found guilty, and one in which he’s not guilty and walks away a free man. Andrew told the paper, “During the trial you will see him really twist the knife. He appears vulnerable in the stand and even gets a bit teary… “But, as everyone knows, there is something deep inside him that one day needs to be sorted out – and, trust me, it will be . “Everyone knows he raped Carla and he shouldn’t get off. As an actor you have to justify him but he’s a monstrous character.” Before it was announced that two outcom...