Coronation Street's Nicola Thorp says filming Phelan shootout scenes made her turn to drink
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Corrie star Nicola Thorp has admitted working on the Pat Phelan shootout storyline took a lot of bottle... which she ordered up at the bar when filming was over.
The 29-year-old actress plays Pat’s daughter Nicola Rubenstein, who ends up in a pool of blood on the floor during the baddie’s exit scenes.
She says: “Oh, my God, lying on that floor for half a day, surrounded by fake blood was not fun.
“You have to unwind after days like that. It can be quite gruelling. You go to the pub and it is wine, wine and chats.”
After Pat, played by Connor McIntyre, 57, barges his way into the Grimshaw house, Nicola, Eileen and Seb tackle him and then a shot rings out.
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Nicola says: “There is the element of throwing yourself on the ground for 18 takes which gets a little bit exhausting.
“It’s one scene after another, after another – there’s no time to chill out.”
But the blood was “like sticky toffee apple kind of stuff”.
She says: “There is an awful lot of blood. I was covered in caramel, which was super fun.”
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Nicola also reveals having a baby on the show has made her broody.
She says: “I’ve got four babies on set – Sebastian, Felix, Alfie and Mikey – and I love them all. Two sets of twins.
“I was sort of dreading it, but now they’ve arrived I’m absolutely besotted.”
Nicola’s co-star Sue Cleaver, 54, who plays Eileen Grimshaw, backed ITV’s decision to broadcast Phelan’s violent exit scenes after the 9pm watershed. She said: “It was the right decision.”