Netflix fans are buzzing about a new drama series starring Line Of Duty's Stephen Graham.
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From Inventing Anna and The Tinder Swindler to The Dropout, shows about con artists have been stealing the spotlight – now the BBC is getting in on the act with The Following Events Are Based On A Pack Of Lies. Rebekah Staton plays Alice, an unconventional heroine at the heart of the thriller. “Alice is a very normal woman.
She’s not courageous, she’s not the most capable or the most intelligent. She’s none of those things,” the 41-year-old says. “She is a lovely person who has had a really awful time at the hands of a terrible relationship that has affected her financially, emotionally and mentally - and she’s got so many questions from the past that need answering.” Alice is a 40-something personal assistant who has finally moved on with life since her husband Rob (Alistair Petrie) disappeared 15 years prior and left her in financial ruin.
However, she’s stopped in her tracks when she spots Rob in the street and learns that he’s masquerading as wealthy ecopreneur Dr. Robert Chance. After launching her own investigation into Rob’s new identity, Alice suspects he plans to swindle fantasy author and recent widow Cheryl (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) - and sets out to catch him in the act.
“He is the demon on her back from her past that is going to unleash a Pandora’s box of hell and in seeing Robbie, she’s got the chance to get answers,” Rebekah says. “If he can do it to Cheryl - someone Alice deems more intelligent, more attractive - then maybe Alice didn’t bring it on herself.” The actress says that she felt like “the luckiest actress in the country” to land the role of Alice. However, it has made her reflect on whether she herself has been a victim of gaslighting - a form of psychological abuse which causes someone to
.Netflix fans are buzzing about a new drama series starring Line Of Duty's Stephen Graham.
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