The first rule of Corrie fight club - don't rush

The rivalry between David Platt and Gary Windass comes to a violent head this Friday, when they get into a fist fight that leaves David covered in blood. Mikey North (Gary) and Jack P Shepherd (David) pop up in a video interview on ITV.com today to talk about the scenes. You can also see them rehearsing with the fight director.

The fight director, Richard Hammett, describes how he prepared the actors. "A lot depends on the actors really," he says. "They're young lads so they're always eager. Both of these guys are good, so what we did was work out a routine, block it and just work through it till we've got it really well set up." The key, apparently...

is the pacing of the fight. "If they rush it too much the blows don't look good, they go too wide, so I try and get them to slow down and feel each other's moves, and that's 90% of the job. The idea is to make it look authentic without anybody getting hurt."

David seems to come out worse, judging by all the "blood," though Jack claims that David wins the fight. He wasn't feeling well to begin with, he reveals. "I was up all night with a cold, so in all the fight scene you see, I was absolutely dying."

The fight isn't the end of the rivalry, as Mikey explains: "We've got to go through all the aftermath of the fight and what happens, because of course Gary's on a suspended sentence, and David knows that so David will try and get Gary put into jail. I'm sure we'll see how Gary tries to get away with that." And in the long term, the crew are apparently saying that the two could be the next Ken Barlow and Mike Baldwin - so it doesn't look there's any sign of them kissing and making up in the near future.