STREET FRIGHT FOR COMEDY STARS

GAVIN and Stacey's Ruth Jones and Joanna Page were mistaken for sex workers while on the set of the much-loved comedy.

- INDIGO JONES

When filming for the first ever episode of the cult classic show, the actresses were “accosted” by men who believed they were prostitutes as Joanna and Ruth wore inexpensive outfits for the scene.

The scene itself was filmed in Leicester Square, when Gavin, played by Matthew Horne, and Stacey, played by Page, initially meet after starting their relationship on the phone.

Ruth’s character Nessa, tags along for moral support before later hitting it off with James Corden’s character Smithy.

Whilst launching her new memoir, Lush!, in Somerset, Page, from Swansea, disclosed: “Ruth and I actually got mistaken for prostitutes when we were filming because I was dressed in tight white jeans and Ruth was dressed as Nessa.

“We were filming in Leicester Square and we basically got accosted on the way to the toilet. And Ruth said, ‘Excuse me... but we are serious actresses.”