Channel 4 has announced the cast that will star in the two-part film based on the Wagatha Christie case. It has been confirmed that BAFTA-winning This Is England actress Chanel Cresswell will feature as Coleen Rooney and Harry Potter and Game Of Thrones star Natalia Tena as Rebekah Vardy.
Welsh actor Michael Sheen, who is known for starring in Good Omens and for his portrayals of real-life figures such as Sir Tony Blair and broadcaster David Frost, also joins the cast as Coleen Rooney's barrister David Sherborne. Rebekah Vardy's barrister, Hugh Tomlinson will be portrayed by actor Simon Coury, who is best known for appearing in The Professor And The Madman and Dion Lloyd will star as Wayne Rooney and Marci Nagyszokolyai as Jamie Vardy, The Mirror reports.
The two-part film titled Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama was commissioned by Channel 4 in July. The broadcaster said at the time that the drama-documentary would "recreate the high court defamation case" and will use real court transcripts to "bring viewers all of the incredible and unbelievable moments from a case".
When the announcement was made this summer, the head of factual entertainment at Channel 4, Alf Lawrie said: “More outlandish than a storyline from Footballers Wives, this High Court case gripped the nation. Now, using court transcripts, this factual dramatisation will allow viewers to see for themselves the courtroom drama in one of the most infamous trials of recent times, bringing to life a case that encapsulated so much about the British cultural landscape in the 21st century.”
Earlier this summer, 40-year-old WAG Rebekah Vardy lost a libel battle against 36-year-old Coleen Rooney over a viral social media post, after a High Court judge found it was "substantially true". Disney+ has also confirmed that it would be creating a three-part documentary series about the court case in August.
