Julia Goulding takes inspiration from "every Northern mum" for her ‘Coronation Street’ role.
The 33-year-old actress plays Shona Ramsey on the soap, and while she isn’t a parent herself, she has been able to get into the frame of mind of her alter ego because she is "quite maternal".
Speaking to TV Times, she said: "I think every Northern mum I’ve met helps me, and there are quite a few here at work.
"I’m quite maternal. When Callum had the knife, I was like, ‘Okay, hand it over now.’ "
Tense ‘Corrie’ scenes will see Shona’s killer son Clayton – played by Callum Harrison – take her hostage and threaten her with a knife after escaping from his prison officer at his dad’s funeral.
Opening up on the filming, Julia revealed: "It was cold and wet, but we all mucked in together, so those two weeks on location were hard, but also the best fun.
"Callum is a gorgeous human being. He works so hard and is so prepared, and that makes it incredibly easy."
Meanwhile, the soap star admitted the team took some important safety measures – both during preparations for the scenes and the shoot itself – to make sure nobody got hurt.
She said: "Yes, we rehearsed with a bendy plastic knife and then for the takes, we worked with a real knife, but it was blunt. We had a fight director to make sure everything was safe, and the police and paramedics weren’t actors they were real. They knew what would happen in that situation, and could advise if anything wasn’t right."
Corrie’s Julia Goulding inspired by ‘every Northern mum’
