Jack P. Shepherd doesn’t like the new ‘Coronation Street’ set.
The 26-year-old actor, who plays David Platt in the ITV soap, has revealed he is not a fan of the show’s new state-of-the-art set in Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, because there are more stringent security protocols the cast and crew must adhere to.
Quizzed if he liked the new set, he said: "No, not really. It’s little things like every single door you need to have your security pass with you. The set’s exactly the same … the street’s slightly bigger but it’s just cold there – it’s like a wind tunnel around [Manchester’s] Trafford Park."
The star recently welcomed his second child, son Reuben, with fiancée Lauren Shippley – with whom he also has a five-year-old daughter, Nyla – and the couple have been inundated with gifts from his ‘Corrie’ co-stars, including on-screen mum Helen Worth (Gail Platt).
He told Britain’s OK! magazine: "Jane [Danson] got us a gift voucher for Mothercare and Helen bought him a coat and some jogging pants. Sally Dynevor got him some babygros and a shirt. They’re all good to us."
However, Jack says his co-stars are more "colleagues" than friends and he doesn’t usually interact with his castmates outside of work.
He explained: "I get on with everyone at ‘Corrie’ but they’re colleagues. I’m not one of those people to call up and ask how people are, I don’t text anyone to see how they are – even with my mates. I’m not a flaky friend, it’s just a boy thing!"
Jack P. Shepherd doesn’t like new Corrie set
