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Coronation Street star details going to 'dark place' in heartbreaking storyline 10 years on

Coronation Street's Jack P Shepherd has played David Platt on the ITV soap for 26 years, but only one storyline ever truly followed him home.

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Jack P Shepherd has been in the ITV soap for decades

Actor Jack P Shepherd, famed for his role in Coronation Street, has disclosed the only plotline that he has 'taken home' with him since his first appearance in the enduring show 26 years ago.

The actor is renowned for his portrayal of David Platt in the ITV soap, although there was a ten-year period when Gail Platt's troublesome son was played by a different actor.

Born on Christmas Day 1990, David was initially brought to life by Thomas Ormson in the ITV soap until 2000. That same year, Jack was recast in the role at the tender age of 12, and he has since been involved in some of the soap's most dramatic storylines.

After marking 26 years since his debut on the cobbles earlier this year, Jack has revealed which of his numerous storylines stuck with him, leaving him feeling as though he had experienced a genuine loss, reports the Manchester Evening News.

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Coronation Street's Jack P Shepherd details only storyline he's 'taken home'(Image: On The Sofa podcast Instagram)

Earlier this month, the soap star commemorated 10 years since David tragically witnessed his wife, Kylie Platt, die in his arms, after she was brutally stabbed in the street by teenager Clayton Hibbs.

At the time of her demise, Kylie had just shared her family's plans to relocate to Barbados to live with her sister, Becky, following her killing of ex Callum as he was assaulting Sarah.

But her enthusiasm about the relocation was shattered when she spotted her mate Gemma Winter being attacked by the teenage Clayton. Kylie dashed over to assist Gemma but was horrifically knifed in the chest by Clayton, who scarpered from the scene, leaving David to hold his dying wife in his arms.

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The character's death was an emotional exit(Image: ITV)

Speaking about the dramatic and heart-wrenching scenes on his podcast, On the Sofa, which he co-hosts with Corrie colleagues Colson Smith and Ben Price, Jack said: "It's the fist 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.

"It was three weeks of just crying and having to go to like a dark place and think of horrific things to get that emotion."

Ben, who portrays Jack's on-screen brother, Nick Tilsley, revealed: "It was like, you actually physically went through it. We watched it. And then there was all the aftermath and you went, 'Oh?' We were all involved. It felt literally like she'd gone."

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It all ended in tragedy in July 2016 for Kylie and David

Jack went on: "I remember I couldn't even do the line run. If I do a line run, I'll go in the line run. I think we did two takes in the end."

Colson, who previously portrayed Craig Tinker in Corrie, proceeded to ask: "Had you discussed the silent scream?" Jack replied: "Nothing. Literally didn't say anything.

"And did you know that's what you were going to do?" Colson asked, to which Jack replied: "Yeah. Because they just went, 'What are you going to do at the end?' Because at the end [of the script] it says, 'David lets out like a cry'. Well, I went, let's just see what happens. And then yeah, did the thing."

Coronation Street is available to watch on ITVX.

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