Coronation Street star Jack P. Shepherd once faked being a Co-Op worker so police could prevent the then teenage actor from being mobbed by fans.
Jack P. Shepherd has played David Platt in Coronation Street since 2000
Jack – who plays David Platt on the ITV soap – had been hired to turn on the Christmas Lights in West Yorkshire town Kippax and thousands of people turned up to see him get the festive celebrations underway.
Once the lights had been switched on, Jack can remember a “siege” of people rushing towards him and he had to seek refuge in a nearby Co-Op supermarket.
Jack, 37, recalled to his fellow Coronation Street cast member Ben Price, 54, and his former soap colleague Colson Smith, 27, on the recent episode of their On the Sofa podcast: “There was a sea of people [that] turned up to see a young David Platt. I must have been about 13, 14, something like that. Really young.
“And I turned on their Christmas lights, and there was a siege.
“They all started to head towards [me] and tried to climb on the stage.
“They tried to get on, and I had to be escorted into the Co-Op.
“[The Co-Op staff] had to lock the doors of the Co-Op. All the Co-Op workers were in there, and we couldn’t get out because they surrounded the building.
“I couldn’t get out and go through the crowds because there were too many [fans].”
Concerned that Jack’s safety was at risk, police decided to provide him with an escort out of Kippax.
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