CORONATION Street star Jack P Shepherd has confessed he would be "silly to leave" his fan favourite role as David Platt. The ITV actor, 34, has trodden the Weatherfield cobbles since 2000, when he was introduced as Gail Platt's tearaway son.
Prior to this, the Leeds-born lad was given a role in ITV drama Where the Heart Is, despite confessing he’d never been in a play or read a script.
Jack then worked alongside Sarah Lancashire in mill-based drama Clocking Off before joining Corrie in 2000. The fan favourite said it all started when his mum enrolled him in a drama club.
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