Fay Ripley tells John Thomson to clean his teeth before kissing scenes on ‘Cold Feet’.
The 52-year-old actor requests her co-star to give his gnashers a spruce up before they play a spot of tonsil tennis on the ITV drama in their roles as Jenny and Pete Gifford, and the ‘Suspects’ star admits she feels comfortable making such demand because she "knows him well enough".
She told TV podcast Series Linked: "It’s like family now. It’s very unusual as an actor. Anyone, freelance, I would imagine, to work with the same people again and again.
"You don’t really get that opportunity very often. And, by the way, that’s not just the actors. That’s all your crew. And that’s from the camera crew to make up.
"Hair and make-up department are literally like they are my sisters. And what you are able to do is short cuts. You can short cut all the polite stuff, and get straight to, ‘John, can you brush your teeth.’
"Do you know what I mean? You can just go, I know him well enough, ‘John, seriously mate, you just need to get the electric toothbrush going here mate.’ Or whatever. Yes [for a kissing scene]. Of course.
"And he will say, ‘No, you’re nagging me. Fay, that’s actual nagging. And that’s not allowed.’ And I’ll go, ‘Really, OK.’
"As I say, you can shorthand a lot of stuff when you know people that well. And for that reason it becomes relaxed and fun."
Fay has reprised her role as Jenny for the latest, eighth, series of ‘Cold Feet’, and she has hinted there could be more to come because there will be "a lot of unanswered questions" at the end of the season.
When asked how long the show could go on for, she replied: "I think it’s about what Mike Bullen, the creator, what he sees. He’s certainly, at the end of this, there will be a lot of unanswered questions.
"And I think that it definitely would lead to wanting to know what happened next. Whether or not it does, hey, as usual, we are in the hands of the nation, let’s say.
"But I hope so. I’d hate to think that it’s gonna finish. But at the same time, I’m really grateful we’ve really had a great time. And hopefully it continues to be the gift that keeps on giving."
Fay Ripley tells John Thomson to clean teeth before kissing scenes
