Duff: I made a drunken promise

Anne-Marie Duff has revealed why she agreed to return to Shameless for the final episode - she was a little tipsy.

The actress launched her TV career and met her partner James McAvoy on the Channel 4 drama, about the dysfunctional residents of the fictional Chatsworth estate.

Anne-Marie, 42, who left the show eight years ago, after the second series, said: "I made a drunken promise as I was leaving that I'd come back to play Fiona Gallagher for the very last episode - never thinking it would happen!

"It was extraordinary - same grim and grubby kitchen, same props... It was lovely."

Asked whether falling for James off-screen make the Shameless scenes awkward, the Parade's End actress said: "I'm not going into that! But yes, I've got a lot to be grateful for. It's extraordinary what happened to us all - we all thought this was probably a Titanic of a programme at the beginning. It's been such an incredible opportunity for us all."

Writer Paul Abbott recently called time on Shameless after 11 series of the hit TV drama.

Shameless, starring David Threlfall as Frank Gallagher, helped launch the careers of Maxine Peake as well as Anne-Marie and James, and spawned a US version of the show.

A number of former Shameless stars - including Jody Latham and Elliott Tittensor - also make a re-appearance in Manchester's fictional Chatsworth estate for the final episode.


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