Melanie Walters, who plays Gwen West in Gavin and Stacey, was left red-faced after a hilarious mishap during filming for the show's Christmas special. The cast reunited last year for the final ever episode, which resolved the cliffhanger between Smithy (played by James Corden) and Nessa (portrayed by Ruth Jones), ending a five-year suspense.
In a behind-the-scenes blunder, Melanie recalled undressing, not realising that the cameras were still capturing every moment. If that wasn't awkward enough, the actress soon discovered that her co-stars could also see it all unfold on a big screen.
Recounting the incident on the Off The Telly podcast, Joanna Page, who stars as Stacey Shipman, explained: "We chatted to her on Zoom and stuff and they said, 'Right we're going to go now because we're coming to the end of the show'. And they obviously must've left it running because we were all going to do a big goodbye, so they assumed Mel would be included in it as well."
"And this is where I went wrong," Melanie, 62, chimed in.
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BBC)Joanna revealed that while she was having an emotional moment with Matthew Horne, her on-screen husband Gavin, she suddenly noticed her co-star on the screen in the midst of undressing.
"I'm sitting on the sofa with Matt all of a sudden he went, 'Jo, Mel is taking her clothes off. She doesn't think that we're watching her, she doesn't think we're still on camera, they haven't turned it off she's still on camera'."
Joanna recounted how she looked up to see Melanie stood there wearing just a brown vest and pants, as she moved around the room. "I thought, Oh God, I can't let this happen, I had to warn her," she chuckled.
She went on to say that, while trembling, she quickly sent a text to her co-star, warning her: "Mel, stop! We can see you!".
From her point of view, Melanie said she didn't think anyone would be able to see her as she was "the size of a stamp" on her laptop.
Fortunately, although after some time, she read the message from Joanna and stopped any further undressing. "I was just about to take my top off," Mel recalled, laughing.
Joanna added: "It was absolutely hilarious," to which her co-star confessed: "It was mortifying."
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