CORONATION Street actor Jack P Shepherd has revealed he was in shock when a fan left him money in their will.
The ITV actor has played his on-screen character David Platt for the past 25 years in Coronation Street, but he never expected the role to come with an added benefit.
Coronation Street star Jack P Shepherd revealed a devoted soap fan left him £5,000 in his will[/caption]
The actor opened up to co-stars Ben price and Colson Smith as he explained how he was included in a fan’s last testament, with the fan giving him £5,000.
Jack initially revealed the fan, who was a postman from New Zealand, left him the tidy sum when he opened up in an Instagram Q&A alongside his on-screen wife Shona (played by Julia Goulding).
Jack said: “(He) gave me five grand in their will. From New Zealand, a fan. Died, and gave me 10 per cent of his estate, which was five grand. So cheers.”
The star later revealed the money had been used to take his family to Florida, with the unexpected windfall helping cover the costs.
Discussing the windfall again with co-stars on a podcast, Ben – who play’s Jack’s on-screen brother Nick Platt – added: “I was convinced that it was a scam and I said ‘that’s a scam, you’re getting f*****g scammed, I hope you’re getting scammed because I’ll be so f****d off if you’re not’.”
Jack has played his on-screen role of David since 2000, when he first took over from Thomas Ormson.
The actor, from Pudsey in West Yorkshire, has also made a name for himself outside of the ITV soap with stage performances including adaptations of West Side Story and Oliver!
The star also revealed with his co-stars how he nearly fell out with them over plans for his upcoming marriage this year, as Jack is reluctant to have a stag do.
Colson, who is due to leave the soap this year, broached the subject as he told his friend: “There is something that I need to broach with you on this subject and I don’t quite know when the right time to do this is.
“Now is the right time, but you’re very very against it.
“But I just need to tell you that it’s happening, that there is a small group of us, which is only four people and then including yourself, that’s five, but we have to tell you now that you are having a stag do.”
A reluctant Jack then responded that he hadn’t been told, as Colson explained they’d discussed it during a gym session.
Colson then reassured Jack it would be low key, with the pair agreeing the stag do plans could mean they “go for a bit of food and then go out.”
Who lives where on Coronation Street?
Here is where all of the residents of Weatherfield’s main street live
- 1 Coronation Street – The Barlow family (Ken, Tracy, Steve, Amy)
- 3 Coronation Street – The Bailey family (Aggie, Ed, Michael)
- 5 Coronation Street – The Winter-Brown family (Gemma, Chesney, Joseph and the Quads)
- 7 Coronation Street – The Alahan family (Dev, Asha, Aadi)
- 9 Coronation Street – The Dobbs family (Tyrone, Fiz, Evelyn, Cassie, Hope, Ruby)
- 11 Coronation Street – The Grimshaw family (Eileen, Todd, George, Mary, Sean, Dylan)
- 13 Coronation Street – The Webster family (Kevin, Abi, Jack, Alfie)
- 15a Coronation Street – Dee-Dee Bailey and Adam Barlow
- 2a Coronation Street – Craig Tinker
- 4 Coronation Street – The Metcalfe family (Sally, Tim)
- 6 Coronation Street – The Nazir family (Yasmeen, Alya, Stu, Eliza)
- 8 Coronation Street – The Platt family (Gail, David, Shona, Max, Lily)
- 10a Coronation Street – Rita Tanner
- 12 Coronation Street – Brian Packham
