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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Michael Sheen cast as Coleen Rooney’s lawyer in ‘Wagatha Christie’ TV drama

Left to right: Chanel Cresswell as Coleen Rooney, Michael Sheen as David Sherborne, Natalia Tena as Rebekah Vardy and Simon Coury as Hugh Tomlinson KC.
Left to right: Chanel Cresswell as Coleen Rooney, Michael Sheen as David Sherborne, Natalia Tena as Rebekah Vardy and Simon Coury as Hugh Tomlinson KC. Photograph: Channel 4/PA

Michael Sheen has been cast as Coleen Rooney’s barrister in an upcoming two-part drama depicting the “Wagatha Christie” trial that gripped the nation last summer.

Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama, will broadcast on Channel 4 later this year star the Bafta-winning actor Chanel Cresswell (This is England, Trollied) as Rooney and Natalia Tena (Harry Potter, Game of Thrones) as Rebekah Vardy, it has been announced.

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