BIG trouble is heading for Simon Barlow and his mum Leanne as drugs lord Harvey arrives on Coronation Street.

Played by Blackburn lad Alex Bain since 2008, viewers have seen vulnerable Simon lured in by so-called pal Jacob (Jack James Ryan) and he will come face to face with his menacing boss in tonight's episode.

The teen tearaway's life is about to get a whole lot more dangerous as Harvey, played by Hollyoaks legend Will Mellor, confronts him demanding answers, piling on the pressure and threatening Simon when he wants out.

Lancashire Telegraph:

Speaking about his new role, Will said: "This is a seasoned baddie who people can recognise. He’s a street guy who’s turning vulnerable people into drug dealers, because they’re not on the police radar.

“It’s the lowest of the low, for me, to do that to an innocent person and to pressurise them into doing things that they don’t want to. I’m just trying to make it as believable as I can and as real as I can, so people don’t see me as Will Mellor, they see the character.

"And that’s what matters to me do with bully tactics. There’s an arrogance that comes with this character as well, that he can’t be touched.”

Over the coming weeks we’ll see Simon’s grieving mum Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) try to protect her son, which means she is also thrown into Harvey’s dangerous world.

It soon becomes clear that Leanne and Simon are in way too deep, and a menacing Harvey has no intention of letting them out of his grasp.