Neil the Baby reveals how he reacted when he got the call for the Gavin and Stacey finale & fans are all saying the same
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GAVIN and Stacey star Oscar Hartland has revealed exactly how he reacted when he got the call to reprise his role for the show's finale. Oscar, now 17, first appeared as Smithy and Nessa's son, the affectionately named Neil the Baby, in the 2008 series two finale, when he was one of three babies cast in the role.
![[Oscar Hartland, aka Neil the Baby, has revealed his reaction when he got the call to reprise his role in the Gavin and Stacey finale]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/oscar-hartland-lorraine-tv-show-961245464.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
He returned to the show in 2019, aged 10, for the Christmas special. When James Corden and Ruth Jones announced the programme would be returning, and concluding, with a finale last Christmas, Oscar wasn't sure if he would be asked to come back. But in an interview on BBC Cymru Wales, he revealed how he discovered he had been invited to reprise the role once again.
![[He first appeared in the programme in the 2008 series finale]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/oscar-hartland-827769885.jpg?strip=all&w=604)
He explained that wasn't getting too excited about returning to the show, and was trying not to get his hopes up, but the thought was in the "back of his head". So when his mum phoned him while he was at school, he knew instantly what it was about. "I remember my mum picking up the phone and going 'You'll never guess what, you'll never guess what', and I had an instant feeling inside me," he said.
![[Neil the Baby is the child of Ruth Jones' Nessa and James Corden's Smithy]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/f298dd8a-b8f1-468a-b71d-77334c4ace16.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
"I was like, 'Please tell me it's what I think it is!". And when she told him it was exactly what he was hoping it was, he couldn't contain his excitement. "You should have seen me!" he laughed. "I was through the roof, I was jumping up and down with my cup of water in my hands, spilling all over the floor, but I didn't care, I didn't care.".
![[In the interview on BBC Cymru Wales, Oscar revealed he was at school when his mum called to tell him the news]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/40abd939-40a9-4466-9f64-48b826526179.jpg?strip=all&w=576)
