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Coronation Street star John Thompson has revealed that his character Jesse will be proposed to in an incredibly emotional scene by his love interest Gail Rodwell.
Coronation Street actor John Thompson has let slip that his character Jesse Chadwick is set to have an incredibly emotional scene with his love interest on the soap.
The actor has said that Gail Rodwell, who is better known as Gail Platt played by Helen Worth, will pop the question to him after she suffers a heart attack. This comes after Helen, who has been on the show for 50 years, announced she is leaving the ITV soap later this year.
Earlier this week, Jesse saw Gail breathing unsteadily and clutching her arm while searching for a bicycle pump, before phoning an ambulance which took her to hospital. And speaking on ITV’s This Morning, John, 55, explained: “So what happens is I visit Gail in hospital, and she’s post cardiac arrest, so second heart attack, and I’m allowed to say this, Gail proposes to me. I can’t say anymore, because she’s heavily medicated, so I don’t know if her intentions are true.”
And when asked about his relationship with the 73 year old soap veteran, John, who is best known for his role in Cold Feet, said she was a “joy to work with.” He continued: “She is (an integral part of Coronation Street), they’re a joy to work with the Platts, funny people as well. But they shoot everything out of sequence, one minute we’re having a laugh in the Platts’ house, next minute I’m running alongside a gurney, you sort of run the full gamut of emotions in a day’s work.
Corrie fans are set to see Gail propose to Jesse after suffering from a heart attack (
ITV)
He added: “It’s been a joy, and it’s great because Helen’s been in it 50 years, and you see photos, and you go, oh, who was he? And what was he like? She’s got great stories, incredible.” This comes after Helen’s exit storyline was thrown into chaos after Sean Wilson, who played Martin Platt, announced his departure after just a few weeks on the show – and cited personal reasons.
Sean last appeared on the show six years ago. And when asked about his replacement, an ITV spokesman said: “Sean Wilson has stepped down from filming for personal reasons.” And John said: “It was just quiet, the year before had been brilliant, but this year I went, please I need a job.
I got the call, and they went, Corrie, will you come back? And I went, yeah. I wasn’t sure what the deal was, it was weird, what the storyline was, anyway, knowing now what the storyline is, it’s Coronation Street history.” At the time of Sean’s shock departure from the hit ITV soap, the broadcaster said it was not commenting further on the matter after saying Helen would be leaving following a “major storyline for the Platt family.”