Former Vera actor Kingsley Ben-Adir will soon be seen on the big screen as the star of one of the year's mostly hotly anticipated films.
Before the days of Paul Kaye enjoying plenty of sharp tongued banter with DCI Stanhope as Dr Malcolm Donahue, the resident pathologist in the ITV drama was Dr Marcus Sumner, the part played by Kingsley from series 4-6, with him then reprising the role before his Vera exit in 2018.
Dr Marcus was a firm favourite with Vera fans and, since flying the nest from the show, has gone onto star in Oscar nominated movie One Night in Miami. And now he has been confirmed for an even bigger role, one that is a million miles away from Dr Marcus - a Ken doll in Barbie, the much publicised Greta Gerwig film that will be released in the summer.
