As Coronation Street prepares to bid farewell to Gail Platt after 50 years, Jack P Shepherd reveals how the whole room was 'left in tears' after Helen Worth filmed her final scenes
They’ve played mother and son for 25 years but now Jack P Shepherd is ready to say goodbye to the woman he calls Mum on Coronation Street , Helen Worth. After an incredible 50 years playing Gail Platt, Helen is leaving and actor Jack, who first starred as David Platt aged 12 in April 2000, made sure she got a fitting send off, both on screen and off screen.
Jack reveals humble Helen, who announced her decision to leave the soap earlier this year, didn’t want a fuss, but he assured her: “It’s not so much for you. It’s for the building. It’s for everyone.” “Even in rehearsals I couldn’t do it because I knew I only had one take at it, and then there’ll be tears and there won’t be anything else left,” he recalls.
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