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Ruth Jones and Joanna Page were mistaken for hookers when they filmed Gavin and Stacey.

Men "accosted" the actresses and thought they were sex workers because Joanna and Ruth were dressed in cheap clothing for a scene in the opening episode when Stacey (Joanna) and Vanessa 'Nessa' Jenkins (Ruth) first meet Gavin Shipman (Mathew Horne) and Neil 'Smithy' Smith (James Corden).

Speaking at the launch of her new memoir, Lush!, in Somerset, Joanna revealed: "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, '

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