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    Lesley Manville to Solve 'Magpie Murders' in New Series

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    The actress, who will play Princess Margaret in the upcoming two seasons of ‘The Crown’, will channel her inner detective to solve a mysterious death in a new television series.

    Jan 23, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Actress Lesley Manville has signed on to help solve the slaying of a mystery writer in the TV adaptation of bestselling book the “Magpie Murders”.
    The “Phantom Thread” star will portray literary editor Susan Ryeland, who stumbles upon the body of famed author Alan Conway after attempting to retrieve the final chapters for an unfinished manuscript of his latest work.
    The six-part series is based on Anthony Horowitz’s hit 2016 novel, and will be directed by “The Full Monty” filmmaker Peter Cattaneo from a script adapted by Horowitz himself.
    “I could not be happier to be playing Susan Ryeland – what a fabulous character for me to grapple with,” Manville shared in a statement.

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    Cattaneo added, “Anthony has adapted his novel into wonderfully witty and richly layered scripts. Two cleverly intertwined stories and a host of fascinating characters led by Lesley Manville make this an irresistible opportunity for a director.”
    “Magpie Murders” was the first in the author’s Susan Ryeland mystery series. A sequel, the “Moonflower Murders”, was released last year (20).
    Lesley Manville was last seen on the big screen last year in movies “Misbehaviour” with Keira Knightley and “Let Him Go” with Kevin Costner. On TV, she is tapped to play Princess Margaret in the fifth and sixth seasons of Netflix’s royal drama series “The Crown”.
    The 64-year-old actress is additionally attacked to play the lead role in an upcoming drama called “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”. She is joined by the likes of Isabelle Huppert, Jason Isaacs, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista, and Lucas Bravo.

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      Lesley Manville on Taking Over Princess Margaret Role in 'The Crown': I Find It Thrilling

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      The ‘Maleficent’ actress reveals she has had to keep the secret to herself ever since showrunner Peter Morgan offered her the role as Queen Elizabeth II’s sister in the final season of the hit series.
      Jul 6, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Lesley Manville can’t wait to start playing “wonderful woman” Princess Margaret in “The Crown”.
      The actress confirmed her casting as Queen Elizabeth II’s sister in the fifth and final season of the drama last week (ends July 03), and now she reveals she has had to keep the secret to herself for the past year, ever since showrunner Peter Morgan offered her the role in one of her own favorite TV “treats.”
      “It’s mind-blowing television,” the “Maleficent” star tells Deadline. “There was never any doubt that I would say yes. When they said, ‘Margaret’, I hadn’t really thought about it. Then I thought, ‘Yes, Margaret! That’s fabulous!’ She was so avant-garde. So naughty, delightful and funny. What a wonderful woman to play.”
      Manville will follow in the footsteps of Vanessa Kirby and Helena Bonham Carter, who took on the role in the first four seasons of the hit show, and she can’t wait to pick up the baton.
      “I don’t find that daunting; I find it thrilling,” she adds. “I think, ‘Come on Manville, you’ve got to take that baton, and not let those two actresses think, ‘Oh we were great, shame about Manville’. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.”
      Lesley knows she’ll be working with old pal and occasional co-star Imelda Staunton, who will portray Elizabeth in season five, but she has no idea who else will make up the cast.
      “Not a single name has been dangled like a carrot to make me even more excited,” she tells Deadline.

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      Lesley Manville Lands Princess Margaret Role for Final Season of 'The Crown'

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      To replace Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen’s sister on the fifth season of the show, the 64-year-old actress will star opposite Imelda Staunton who has been confirmed to play Elizabeth II.
      Jul 2, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Actress Lesley Manville has been cast to play Princess Margaret in the final season of hit series “The Crown”.
      The 64-year-old will replace Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen’s sister on the fifth season of the show, while Imelda Staunton has already been confirmed to play Elizabeth II, picking up the royal role from Olivia Colman.
      The younger Princess Margaret was portrayed by Vanessa Kirby on series one and two.
      Manville and Staunton are old acting colleagues, having appeared alongside each other in “Vera Drake” and the “Maleficent” films for Disney, while Manville has also won acclaim for her recent roles in “Phantom Thread” and “Hampstead”.
      “The Crown”‘s fourth season is expected to air later this year, but there’s no fixed production start date or release for season five.

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