GAVIN & Stacey stars James Corden and Ruth Jones have revealed the importance of the central character’s steamy sex life ahead of the Christmas Day finale.
The actors and creators of the sitcom are gearing up for a momentous farewell next week – and the biggest viewing figures of the festive period too.
But James and Ruth say the show isn’t just about bagging ratings, it’s always tackled important topics, including the fact that everyone’s love lives should be celebrated.
Talking on the Table Manners podcast James, who plays Smithy on the show, said: “On TV or films, you very rarely see people that look like Ruth and I fall in love.
“You just don’t. I’d be dropping off a TV to Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones and Ruth’s like working on a newsstand when someone buys a newspaper.
“What I like about the show is that it’s so messy and complicated and they just clearly have fantastic sex. I really enjoy that confidence.”
They also reveal that the Gavin & Stacey special will explore the “chequered life” of Ruth’s character, Nessa’s “chequered life”.
James added: “You find out more about that in this special – some really fun bits that we wrote.”
The one-off festive special set five years after the 2019 Christmas Day episode that ended on a cliffhanger when Nessa proposed to Smithy.
At the end she tells him: “I loves you with all my heart.”
Ruth said: “The reason I feel it’s so emotional is because me and James have been on this journey for a long time.
“We’ve known each other since 2000 doing Fat Friends and because Gavin And Stacey has been such a massive part of our lives and that was going to be the last episode – we filmed that scene in the middle of the night as we were filming during summertime but it was set at Christmas so it had to be dark.
“We were there, just the two of us, on that road that had meant so much to us and I just, as Ruth, was looking at my dear friend James and when I said ‘I loved you with all my heart’ I was saying it to you (James).”
They confirmed that Gavin & Stacey can’t continue after the special, but they also teased there MIGHT be a spin off.
James said: “We don’t know if we have another idea in us but I can honestly say that if we didn’t attempt to try and even explore the idea of writing together then I’d be so disappointed.”
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