Michelle Gomez steps down from One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest play for ‘personal reasons’

Michelle Gomez has dropped out of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ - (Getty)

Scottish actor Michelle Gomez has stepped down from playing the formidable and villainous Nurse Ratched in the London stage adaptation of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest for “personal reasons”.

The actor, 59, best known for her work on shows such as Green Wing, Doctor Who and Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, had been due to star in a “bold new staging” of Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest running at The Old Vic theatre through April and May.