Joanna Page has opened up about filming the final day of the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special.
According to a report by DailyMail, Joanna called the experience “traumatic” during a candid interview.
The actress, who plays the role of Stacey Shipman, said, “Being on set for the last time with everybody for the last day was traumatic. I knew I was going to cry as soon as I walked on set.”
“I saw Steve’s face, our first AD, and I just burst out crying. Then I saw Sophie Hebron, our second AD, and I burst out crying again,” Joanna continued, adding, “So then I went into my trailer and Julia Davis came in and sat with me, and I couldn’t stop crying, because it just felt it was such a huge journey that was ending.”
She went on to say, “So I found it very emotional but then in between that, hysterically funny, because the last scene we filmed was a funny one, so I just alternated between hysterically crying and hysterically laughing.”
“Right at the very end, on our last bit of filming, I just got this sense of calm wash over me. I remember standing there and looking around at everybody and everybody’s faces, and I just remember smiling quite calmly to myself and thinking ‘wow, look where we’ve all come, look where we all are now,” Joanna added.
Joanna recalled shouting “it’s a wrap” after delivering her final line, she added, “and then they clapped all of us goodbye and I just hugged Mat, and we both stood there crying.”
Gavin and Stacey Christmas special will air on Christmas Day, marking the first new episode since 2019.
