Mark Wright has been full of praise for his wife Michelle Keegan after kickstarting her year with another acting gig on the books.
Last month, the former Coronation Street star took on the leading role in Netflix’s hit thriller, Fool Me Once. Despite her incredible performance, the TOWIE star admitted he was a bit “upset” when she started filming the eight-part series.
The 36-year-old actress plays the role of Maya Stern, who is “disturbed by an image of her late husband captured on her toddler’s nanny cam.” It doesn’t take long before the show takes a dark turn for the worse as she attempts to mourn the loss of her husband and baby daddy.
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But not everyone was gripped to the new psychological thriller. Speaking to The Express, her doting husband, 37, confessed he hated hearing spoilers from Michelle.
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He revealed that Michelle found out she had landed the part while they were on holiday in Dubai, and she received the novel half way through their romantic getaway. He told the publication: “Annoyingly, we were on holiday in Dubai when Michelle was told she was going to get the job and they gave her the book to read.
“While we were in Dubai, I kept hearing always on the sun beds – and it was a quiet hotel – I could hear going, ‘Hehe’. And I go, ‘What?’ and she goes, ‘Listen to this!'”
“And she was telling me about the moments that were happening, so before the show started, I was a little bit upset that I wasn’t going to watch it as a new viewer, where I didn’t know the ending of it.” Although Mark had an inkling of what would happen in the show, he never saw Michelle act in any of the scenes until it hit the streaming platform.
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She simply read excerpts of the book to him to keep him in the loop with what scene she was shooting that day. He went on to gush over her impressive acting skills and explained how he felt great seeing her bring the character alive.
Showering her with praise, he added: “It’s such a surreal feeling when you’re sat next to your partner who’s the star of the show. And you completely forget that it’s your wife and she is just sat right there because she was so good in that character.
“It just took me away from real life and she blew me away. She’s incredible.” After she was catapulted to fame on Coronation Street, Michelle seems to have landed the role of her dreams.
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It was recently reported that streaming platforms are battling it out to get her signed on for several major projects. According to brand and culture expert Nick Ede, the former soap star may be ready to spread her wings.
Speaking to OK!, he said: “This is Michelle’s golden moment. She’s really earned her acting stripes and she’s held her own as the lead performer in Fool Me Once against Joanna Lumley, who is known all over the world.
“It’s really given Michelle a platform to make her a major star. All eyes are on her at the moment because Netflix is watched by millions of people globally and her series is number one here and in the IS.
“She looks every inch the Hollywood leading lady and she has star quality.”
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