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All Creatures Great and Small's Samuel West breaks down in tears over colleague's exit

All Creatures Great and Small star Samuel West has opened up about his emotional reaction to his co-star's exit from the show, admitting he broke down in tears

During the 2022 Christmas special, Siegfried Farnon found out his brother Tristan, played by Callum Woodhouse, was leaving to join the war effort. Actor Samuel shared his feelings about this emotional scene and how much he loves the character of Siegfried: "He isn't quite as old or as stuck in the mud as he thinks he is, and there are people around him, principally Mrs Hall and Tristan, who are constantly reinventing his idea of what people are.And watching somebody who thought they were slightly frozen and blocked thaw in moments of warmth, is, I think, a real pleasure." T he Express reports Samuel admitted to Masterpiece that when it was time for Tristan star Callum to leave the Channel 5 show, he couldn't stop crying.

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