Coronation Street star Andrew Lancel has admitted that a chat with veteran star Bill Roache on his final day of filming left him emotional.
The actor filmed his last scenes as Frank Foster last week and these will be aired in March.
Lancel insisted that he was fine on his last day but was moved by Roache's (Ken Barlow) words of support.
Speaking on Lorraine, Lancel said: "I finished last Friday, and there was so much love in that place.
"I'm going to miss Ali [King] and Gwen [Taylor] so much - we worked so intimately together."
He added: "[On the last day], I was alright, I was very calm and got lots of lovely presents.
"Bill Roache took me aside and said some lovely things. He's been in that show for 50 years, and you don't get away with 50 years.
"He's there because he's brilliant, and he sees the good in everyone.
"He's an inspiration as a man and as an actor. I was alright until he said nice things!"
However, Lancel added: "It doesn't feel like leaving, because I was never staying. It was always book-ended and finite. I'm very sad to leave those cobbles and very sad to leave those people, because it has been a joy - every single day."
The 41-year-old teased that they might have filmed multiple endings for Frank's exit.
He said: "We genuinely did film two different outcomes [for the trial], and now there's different outcomes for what happens next - with what happens to Frank. People are guessing already about what's going to happen to him."
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