Bethany Asher is appearing in her first major role in new series of the BBC crime drama.
Bethany Asher has said she hopes her leading role in the new series of Sherwood will break down barriers facing other actors with Down's syndrome.
The Nottinghamshire-set crime drama returns to BBC One on Sunday with Asher in a key plotline alongside stars including David Morrisey, Lesley Manville, David Harewood and Robert Lindsay. Asher, from Burbage in Leicestershire, told BBC Radio Leicester, filming with the cast of established stars had been a "mindblowing" experience.Show creator James Graham said Sherwood had been loosely inspired by things that happened in the streets of his home town, Sutton-in-Ashfield
“People don’t really expect too much from me because I have Down’s syndrome, but James Graham trusted me with a brilliant storyline," she said “I’ve always been told people like me won’t make it far, be good enough, and be put in a tiny little box and be good enough.She said she hoped her part in would encourage other directors to cast other actors with Down's syndrome.Asher plays Stephie, the sister of Ryan Bottomley, a young man who has committed a terrible crime and has become "lost in the system",She said she could not give away too many details but promised viewers would be "very shocked" by what happens.
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