Ellie Leach has revealed she stole lots of jumpers and a fake nail from the Coronation Street set on her last day.
The actress is departing her role as Faye Windass on the ITV soap after 12 years in emotional scenes which will air next week. Ahead of her exit, she chatted with ITV hosts Holly Willoughby and Phil Schofield about what she nabbed from the set on her final day.
Speaking on This Morning today, she said: "I took a few of Faye's clothes, which to be honest I wasn't going to because she's not really got the best sense of style. I took a few jumpers to remind me of Faye.
"I had a coat on a few weeks ago and I put my hand in my pocket and was like, what's that? I pulled it out and it was a fake nail from when we filmed the Ted storyline from the nail that went down his sink and Craig had to go and get out."
She quipped: "So I said I'm definitely taking that home, a green sparkly nail."
Ellie previously opened up about her character's emotional final scenes on the soap alongside her co-star Colson Smith.
She explained: "It was very, very emotional as obviously Faye is leaving the Street after 12 years, but it's me leaving the Street after 12 years as well. The saddest part is where she's in the taxi and we just see Craig on his own walking down the street and she's like stop the car, she gets out and says, 'I'll always love you, I always have and I always will'.
"I think it was just so emotional and you do see there's two people here who do love each other, but there are so many other factors, love isn't always enough and I think you can see that in that last scene."
Ellie found filming her final scenes very emotional herself.
"It was very emotional, Faye has been here for 12 years but I have too and this has been my life," she said.
Discussing what leads to Faye initially staying and then leaving, she went on: "I think the overriding feeling is she is always gonna wanna be with her daughter, and there may have come a point where she thought... there is a massive secret that Craig is holding against her, but is it gonna jeopardise her having a family? I don't know."
