Coronation Street: Rachel Leskovac On Her Exit Scenes

Coronation Street’ star Rachel Leskovac has spoken about her heartbreaking exit scenes as Natasha Blakeman and revealed it was very emotional that she cried nonstop just by looking at her on-screen son, Sam.

As part of Corrie’s Super Soap Week, drug lord Harvey Gaskell (Will Mellor) shot Natasha in a case of mistaken identity. It was all because she was dressed in a black Morticia Addams costume similar to Harvey’s target, Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) at their Halloween party.

Harvey nudged the lifeless body, feeling accomplished that he’s killed the person who put him behind bars. However, it was then revealed that it was poor Natasha who’s fighting for her life when she was brought to the hospital for emergency surgery. Although she survived the first operation, she didn’t make it to her next due to severe internal bleeding.

In her interview with the media, Rachel narrated that she just started crying the moment she saw her on-screen son, Sam (Jude Riordan). It’s because it was her last scene filming with the child that she didn’t stop crying until the director said “cut”.

“It was really emotional, to the point I couldn’t look at him in between takes because I just found it too difficult. It was pretty much non-stop crying. I’m a very emotional person–or some might say a right softie!” Rachel told Digital Spy.

Coronation Street – Rachel Leskovac On Jude Riordan: “He’s Got A Really Special Place In My Heart”

The actress shared how difficult it was for her to say goodbye to child star Jude as they shared a close bond: “He’s got a really special place in my heart… I’m going to really miss working with him, but we’ve said hopefully at some point in the future we’ll get to work together again.”

Following her exit, the actress is seeing things in a positive way, saying it’s part of the joy of being an actor is the prospect of new work to have new beginnings, and new environments to challenge her creativity.

“Whether that’s on stage or screen we shall see, but I’m very much looking forward to spending Christmas with my family,” she teased.

Coronation Street – Corrie Child Star Jude Riordan on Last Scenes With Rachel: “That Was The Saddest Scene I’ve Had To Do”

Corrie’s child star Jude Riordan, who won the best newcomer at the most recent National Television Awards, shared his sentiments on Twitter, revealing that his heartbreaking scene with his on-screen mom, Natasha, was the saddest scene he did.

With his latest emotional scene where he bravely went to the chapel to see her mom for the last time, he spoke his heart, saying how he was scared that he didn’t make her feel his love when it wasn’t yet too later. The tear-jerking scene made fans hope that the wonder child will get another award in the future.

Using his parent-operated Twitter account, the child tweeted: “Poor Sam. My heart breaks for him and every child who has had to say goodbye to a parent. My digits still can’t keep up with the amazing comments. THANK YOU ALL”