Actress Nicola Coughlan has explained the real reason Clare was left on the train platform during the recent instalment of Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls. The gerry joined the Quinn family for a trip to Barry's amusement park in Portrush but after a last-minute rush to get on the train, they realised they'd left Clare behind.
When Clare emerged from the toilets just moments after the train departed, in usual Clare style, she went into panic mode and realised she'd missed the train. She then spent the next 20 minutes awkwardly sitting with Sister Michael and forced to listen to the train station's ticket officer's detailed sex life - but there was another reason Clare was 'forgotten' in last night's episode.
It had been widely reported before the new series started that Nicola Coughlan, who has played Derry Girl Clare Devlin since the sitcom first broadcast in 2018, had to have her role cut in the final series due to clashes in her filming schedule. The 35-year-old was in the middle of shooting the second series of Netflix's hit period drama Bridgerton, where she plays Penelope Featherington, when filming started on Derry Girls.
