Coronation Street stars Tina O’Brien and Mikey North have filmed the world’s first ever socially distanced stunt for the popular ITV soap.
The dramatic scenes, which were filmed following social distancing guidelines, ends in disaster for Sarah Platt and Gary Windass in scenes airing next week.
Tina and Mikey couldn’t make any contact during the tense filming, and it’s been revealed the dramatic storyline results in tragic consequences.
Sarah Platt runs out into the road on the cobbles after finally discovering that her ex, Gary Windass, is a killer.
Gary chases Sarah after she finds out he is behind the death of loan shark Rick Neelan.
Corrie’s first socially distanced stunt ends in disaster for Gary (Image: ITV)
During filming for the social distanced scenes, Tina was replaced by a mannequin.
Mikey performed his own stunt, with the actor jumping onto the front of the car before being thrown off.
The scene sees Gary shout after Sarah, screaming: “I’m still the same person! Sarah!”
The first socially distanced stunt scene featured a mannequin as Tina O’Brien’s double (Image: ITV)
He quickly pushes her out of the way of the moving vehicle which results in him being hit by the car instead.
Tina said: “The mannequin was dressed the same as me with a wig. But she was a lot taller and slimmer so they chopped her feet off with a saw. And her head came off!”
She joked: “My husband said I should bring her home as she’d be a lot less aggro than me.”
Tina and Mikey couldn’t make any contact during the tense filming (Image: ITV)
Mikey said: “I’ve never done a car stunt like this before. I loved it.
“But acting with a dummy version of Tina was not as good as the real thing.”
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.30pm
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
