Joanna Page reflects on tearful last day filming ‘Gavin and Stacey’ Christmas special

Joanna Page has opened up about filming the final day of the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special.

According to a report by DailyMail, Joanna called the experience “traumatic” during a candid interview.

The actress, who plays the role of Stacey Shipman, said, “Being on set for the last time with everybody for the last day was traumatic. I knew I was going to cry as soon as I walked on set.”

“I saw Steve’s face, our first AD, and I just burst out crying. Then I saw Sophie Hebron, our second AD, and I burst out crying again,” Joanna continued, adding, “So then I went into my trailer and Julia Davis came in and sat with me, and I couldn’t stop crying, because it just felt it was such a huge journey that was ending.”

She went on to say, “So I found it very emotional but then in between that, hysterically funny, because the last scene we filmed was a funny one, so I just alternated between hysterically crying and hysterically laughing.”

“Right at the very end, on our last bit of filming, I just got this sense of calm wash over me. I remember standing there and looking around at everybody and everybody’s faces, and I just remember smiling quite calmly to myself and thinking ‘wow, look where we’ve all come, look where we all are now,” Joanna added.

Joanna recalled shouting “it’s a wrap” after delivering her final line, she added, “and then they clapped all of us goodbye and I just hugged Mat, and we both stood there crying.”

Gavin and Stacey Christmas special will air on Christmas Day, marking the first new episode since 2019.