Rachel Leskovac has revealed Jude Riordan knows everyone else's 'Coronation Street' lines.
Rachel Leskovac
The 44-year-old actress - who plays Natasha Blakeman on the ITV soap - has opened up about working with her cobbles co-star and his performances as her on-screen son Sam.
She said: "The thing about Jude is, anyone who meets him instantly falls for him. He's so charismatic and full of energy and creativity. All he wants to do is make you smile and make you laugh.
"As soon as I see him, my heart melts. He's an absolute professional, he knows everyone's words and I think he's had probably the most dialogue out of all of us in the scenes so far!
"Sometimes it's not easy either, if it's remembering facts and figures, which is always tricky to do!
"Jude is always on it and he's really easy to work with. If a director might throw something new in on the day, straight away he's on it."
In scenes set to air tonight (21.05.21), Sam gets kidnapped by someone working for Harvey Gaskell (Will Mellor) as part of Sharon Bentley's (Tracie Bennett) sinister plan.
However, Natasha will take a while to realise what's happened.
Rachel added: "Natasha is not worried that it's to do with the drugs trial at first. For any parent when you lose your child, even if it's for 30 seconds, its 'flipping heck'.
"Natasha is not thinking that she needs to call the police straight away as Sam has a track record.
"She doesn't think initially it's something sinister, but it isn't too long before panic sets in, as it would with any parents.
"They send out a search party and call the police. Then it's just a case of a gruelling 24 hours or so."