Line of Duty’s Martin Compston shares hilarious moment he dropped character on set
MARTIN COMPSTON gave viewers a hilarious look behind the scenes at Line of Duty on social media tonight.
Line of Duty: Martin Compston reacts to Scotland win on set
Line of Duty star Martin Compston, 36, shared a behind the scenes look at the show as he revealed his reaction to Scotland landed a place at the European Championships. The actor shared the hilarious video on his Twitter account, as viewers got to see his ecstatic reaction to the news.
The Scottish actor shared the moment when he was filming on the show and his national football team won a historic match.
Back in November 2020, Scotland ended their 23-year absence from major men's tournaments with a win over Serbia.
Martin was on set at the time but viewers can see him in costume on set as it happened.
He screams for joy before hugging one of his fellow stars in the car.
Viewers can hear him say: "Yes! Come on! Come on Scotland! Yes! Come On!."
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He then beeps the car he's filming in out of pure joy.
Alongside the video, Martin shared a bit of insight about the moment, revealing he went from "Steve to Scots in point zero seconds".
He wrote in front of his 361,000 followers: “With an ep 2 epaulettes spoiler out the way, I can reveal what happens when your in the middle of raiding bent coppers but @ScotlandNT are in a penalty shoot out to end 20 year of heartache.
“Steve to Scots in point zero seconds ..#yessirwecanboogie”
Football fans will remember the historic win for the Scottish team came in a shootout victory against Serbia.
The team won 5-4 in the penalties, which took them through to their first major tournament since the 1998 World Cup.
After the win, the team posted a video of them singing the classic Baccara song ‘Yes Sir, I Can Boogie’ in the locker rooms.
This soon became a viral sensation, hence Martin’s hashtag on his post.
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Line of Duty fans flooded his social media after he shared the hilarious video.
One wrote: “Scottish boy through and through. Penalty shoot out comes before bent coppers!.”
“Hahahah (sic) I love this! I love that you started as Steve and in the end it was pure Scottish”, added a second, “God bless david marshall!!!”
Another joked: “Imagine if passer-by’s didnt (sic) realise they were filming.
“Just a no context, Scottish Police officer screaming his lungs out.”
A fourth penned: “Can take the man outta Scotland but u canny take the Scotland outta the man.”
Martin is currently playing Steve Arnott in the much-loved BBC police drama.
The show is airing on Sunday evenings as the team suss out new DCI Joanna Davidson (played by Kelly Macdonald).
Line Of Duty airs on Sundays at 9pm on BBC One.