Jenna Coleman Drama ‘The Cry’ to Stream, Air on Sundance in U.S.
The Sundance Channel has snapped up the American broadcast rights to upcoming Jenna Coleman BBC drama The Cry.
Based on the 2013 novel by Helen FitzGerald, The Cry follows the story of a young couple whose baby is abducted in a rural Australian town. Coleman, in a role that’s a bit different from her usual gig these days as the Queen of England on period drama Victoria, plays grieving young mother Joanna. She and her husband must struggle to keep their marriage together in the face of unimaginable loss and intense public scrutiny.
Actor Ewan Leslie, who recently starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Top of the Lake: China Girl, will play Alistair, Joanna’s husband. The larger ensemble cast also includes Sophie Kennedy Clark, Alex Dimitriades and Shareena Clanton.
Yikes. That certainly sounds…dark. But definitely interesting, and like it presents an acting challenge for Coleman, who’s spent the past few years playing a woman (Victoria) with a very different kind of relationship to motherhood.
What do you think of the look of The Cry? Interested in giving Coleman’s new role a shot? Let’s discuss.
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