“I’ve never filmed anything like it.”

Coronation Street star Elle Mulvaney has spoken about how Amy Barlow’s current storyline really affected her as an actor.

Amy has been pulled into the cult of The Initiative and next week will go through the ‘malware session’, where she wears a blindfold and a circle of people shout insults at her based on things she confessed to Rowan in what she thought was a private session.

Speaking about the scenes set to air soon, Mulvaney explained that the filming of it affected her in real life too.

“I’ve never filmed anything like it,” she said. “It was a really surreal experience. I didn’t wear the blindfold until we were actually going for the take, because I wanted to feel that sense of discomfort.

“I feel like when you do it too often, you can almost get comfortable. And it takes away that initial feeling. So we did the rehearsals as normal, and even the rehearsals felt strange, because it’s very, very unnatural to walk into a room and stand in the middle of a circle.

“When we went for the take, I put the blindfold on, I obviously ended up crying as Amy, but it was real. It felt really real because you feel so disoriented. You don’t know where you are, you don’t recognize the voices.

“It’s all done to make Amy feel that way, and that’s how Rowan gets you. It’s because he wants you to feel uncomfortable, because then you rely on him, he breaks people down for him to be able to sort of build them back up again.”

It looks like the experience might be the turning point in The Initiative storyline, as Tracy gets involved and vows to take Rowan down, and she’s someone you don’t want to mess with.