Jack Shepherd reveals only Corrie storyline he took home
Coronation Street star Jack Shepherd has said Kylie Platt's death is the only storyline he has "taken home" in 26 years as David Platt. Speaking on the On the Sofa podcast, he recalled feeling a real loss and spending three weeks crying as he went to a "dark place" for the scenes, first aired a decade ago.
Key Takeaways
- Jack Shepherd named Kylie Platt's death as the only Coronation Street storyline he has taken home in 26 years.
- He described three weeks of crying and going to a "dark place" to reach the emotion on set.
- Co-star Ben Price said the cast felt as if Paula Lane's Kylie had really gone.
- Shepherd's silent scream was largely unplanned beyond the script's call for a cry.
Which storyline did Jack Shepherd take home?
After marking 26 years since his Coronation Street debut earlier this year, Jack Shepherd opened up about the plot that still stands alone. On On the Sofa, which he co-hosts with Ben Price and former castmate Colson Smith, he pointed to the death of on-screen wife Kylie Platt, played by Paula Lane.
"It's the first time ever, ever working at Corrie, and still is where I've actually taken a storyline home with me and been really, really upset and feeling a loss when no one's dead," he said, according to the Manchester Evening News.
Shepherd was recast as David Platt at age 12 in 2000, taking over from Thomas Ormson, and has since featured in some of the soap's biggest arcs. Fans of Celebrity Breaking News will know how rarely soap stars admit a storyline followed them off set.
What happened in Kylie Platt's death scenes?
Earlier this month, Shepherd marked 10 years since David watched Kylie die in his arms after she was stabbed in the street by teenager Clayton Hibbs. She had just shared the family's plans to move to Barbados to live with her sister Becky when she saw Gemma Winter being assaulted.
Kylie ran to help and was stabbed in the chest. Clayton fled, leaving David to cradle his dying wife. Shepherd said filming meant "three weeks of just crying and having to go to like a dark place and think of horrific things to get that emotion."
Price, who plays Nick Tilsley, said the cast watched him go through it and felt involved in the aftermath. "It felt literally like she'd gone," he recalled on the podcast.
How did Jack Shepherd film the silent scream?
Shepherd remembered he could not even do the line run and that the key moments wrapped in about two takes. When Smith asked whether the silent scream had been discussed, Shepherd said nothing had been agreed in advance.
The script ended with David letting out a cry. Asked what he would do, he decided to see what happened in the moment, producing the silent scream viewers still remember. He has also called the arc his "most challenging storyline" in an Instagram post marking the anniversary.