One of the UK’s most high-profile court cases in recent years has now been turned into a Channel 4 drama. Created from the real court transcripts, Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama will bring viewers all the unbelievable moments from the 2022 court case that kept the public and media gripped.
Dubbed the Wagatha Christie case, the dispute between footballers wives Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy unfolded on social media in 2019, when Rooney claimed her fellow 'WAG' had been selling stories to the press. Vardy firmly denied the accusations and subsequently sued Rooney for libel in an audacious case that made headlines around the world.
Now, less than six months since a judge ruled in Rooney’s favour, the events surrounding the case have been dramatised in a two-part film. It will recreate the high stakes High Court defamation case and explore the huge impact it had on the lives of the two women at its core.
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Who are the cast?
Coleen Rooney will be played by BAFTA winning actress Chanel Cresswell. The Derbyshire-born actress has starred in This is England and its TV sequels and Trollied, a Sky comedy set in a fictional Warrington supermarket.
She appears alongside Natalia Tena as Rebekah Vardy. Tena is perhaps best-known for starring as Nymphadora Tonks in the Harry Potter franchise, and the wildling Osha in Game of Thrones.
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Acclaimed Welsh actor Michael Sheen – star of The Damned United and Prime Video’s Good Omens – stars as Rooney’s barrister David Sherborne. Simon Coury will play Vardy’s barrister, Hugh Tomlinson QC (now KC), who has famously represented a host of high-profile clients including King Charles III.
Former Manchester United and England legend Wayne Rooney is played by Welshman Dion Lloyd, who most recently appeared in Welsh drama-thriller The Light in the Hall. Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy is played by Hungarian newcomer Márton Nagyszokolyai.
When is Vardy v Rooney released?
The two-part film will be broadcast on Channel 4, with part one scheduled to air at 9pm on Wednesday, December 21, and part two following the next day in the same time slot.
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