The first photographs of a two-part movie exploring the Wagatha Christie authorized battle have been launched by Channel 4.
Bafta-winning This Is England actress Chanel Cresswell is pictured as Coleen Rooney, sitting in court docket, within the first take a look at Vardy V Rooney: A Courtroom Drama.
Natalia Tena generally known as Nymphadora Tonks in Harry Potter, performs Rebekah Vardy, and is seen sporting darkish sun shades and surrounded by reporters.
Channel 4 mentioned its movie, which is ready to air in December, “recreates the high drama, high stakes High Court defamation case” primarily based on the court docket transcripts.
It additionally imagines the “huge impact on the lives of the two women at its heart”.
As for Rooney and Vardy’s husbands, Dion Lloyd performs the previous Manchester United midfielder, whereas Marton Nagyszokolyai takes the position of present Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy.
Dubbed the #WagathaChristie case when it first unfolded on social media in 2019, the case made headlines all over the world.
In the trial this summer time, Vardy, 40, misplaced a libel battle towards Rooney, 36, over a social media put up after a High Court choose discovered it was “substantially true”.
In the put up, which went viral in October 2019, Rooney mentioned she had carried out a months-long “sting operation” and accused Vardy of leaking “false stories” about her non-public life to the press.
Her investigatory efforts noticed her dubbed ‘Wagatha Christie’ in reference to the favored thriller author Agatha Christie and the time period referring to sports activities folks’s wives and girlfriends (Wags).
In October, a choose dominated that Vardy should pay 90% of Rooney’s authorized prices following their libel trial – and the invoice might attain about £1.5m.
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In August, Disney+ confirmed it’s making a three-part documentary sequence in regards to the court docket battle with “exclusive access” to Rooney.
The high-profile court docket case can be being changed into a West End play.
A brief clip of the Channel 4 present can be obtainable on Monday.
Source: information.sky.com”