It only seems like five minutes ago that young David Platt was running riot on the Street, smashing things up, pushing his mum down the stairs, and just generally causing carnage wherever he went. So it’s only fitting that, now he’s a dad himself, David is being put through the wringer by his own teenage son, Max – who’s 10 times worse than he ever was!
“David’s oblivious to how he was when he was a kid!” laughs actor Jack P Shepherd, aka David, who recently celebrated his 22nd anniversary on the cobbles. “There was a scene where Kirk said to him, ‘Well, you were twice as bad when you were Max’s age’, and David was like, ‘No, I wasn’t!’ He has a very selective memory.
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