The pair appeared to be filming something at the café
13:10, 29 Apr 2025Updated 13:11, 29 Apr 2025
Jack McMullen and Kenny Dalglish (middle) outside Rita’s Cafe in Litherland(Image: Irene White Bernard)
Liverpool FC legend Kenny Dalglish was spotted alongside This City is Ours actor Jack McMullen at a Merseyside café yesterday. The pair were photographed outside Rita’s Café on Kirkstone Road North, Litherland.
McMullen, who plays Jamie Phelan in This City is Ours, donned a Liverpool shirt while Sir Kenny wore jeans and a jacket. Witnesses said they appeared to be filming something.
Irene White Bernard was driving past Rita’s Café after work when she spotted them. She told the ECHO: “My hubby had just picked me up from work and we were driving past.
“We saw the film crew and knew they had used this café for quite a few movies.
“Then I spotted Jack McMullen, who I knew as a little boy as he went to school with my son. My husband spotted Kenny Dalglish.
“I didn’t speak to them, but just assumed it was something to do with Liverpool winning the league as they had Liverpool scarves on.”
Jack McMullen, Hannah Onslow and James Nelson-Joyce star in This City Is Ours (Image: RTS)
Jack McMullen was born in Litherland in 1991. As a child actor, he made his television debut as Josh McLoughlin on Brookside, playing the role from 2002 until the show’s final episode in November 2003.
He won two British Soap Awards for his role in the show; the first for Best Newcomer, and the second for Best On-Screen Partnership with co-star Sarah White.
In 2004, McMullen went on to appear as Timothy ‘Tigger’ Johnson in the long-running BBC One children’s television series, Grange Hill.
From 2010 to 2012, he played the regular role of troubled teenager Finn Sharkey in ‘Waterloo Road’.
Jack McMullen arrives at the World Premiere of “Hijack” at BFI Southbank on June 27, 2023 in London(Image: Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)
More recently, he starred in Jimmy McGovern’s prison drama ‘Time’, and Apple TV thriller ‘Hijack’, alongside Idris Elba.
In March 2025, he played the role of Jamie Phelan, son of drug lord Ronnie Phelan (played by Sean Bean), and Elaine Phelan (played by Julie Graham), alongside James Nelson-Joyce, in the BBC One Liverpool based gangster television series, ‘This City Is Ours’.