Jill Halfpenny takes on the role of a mysterious lodger in Channel 5's latest thriller The Cuckoo - however, the show's producers originally wanted her to play a different part
Jill Halfpenny is back on our screens in suspenseful psychological thriller The Cuckoo. She plays Sian – a mysterious woman welcomed in as a lodger by Nick and Jessica, a couple in dire financial straits who need the cash.
“In the initial chats, they were thinking I would be playing Jessica, the person on the receiving end of this drama. It was me who said, ‘Actually, can I play Sian? Can I be the person doing all this stuff, because that seems like more fun,’” she reveals. “It was easy for me to find empathy with her, because I know people can completely convince themselves of something if they want it to be true. They just doggedly follow that idea to the end,” she says. “You see these people on Netflix documentaries all the time, and look how far they go. Whether it’s Dr Death or The Tinder Swindler, the thing that always strikes me about these real-life stories is the confidence.
“When I was younger I did a lot of touring and theatre, so I’d be staying in a stranger’s house every week and I always found that a bit bizarre. “Art made sense because there’s something about people who paint or draw that is very attractive. I know from how my own son is obsessed with anime – if you started talking about it he would have a connection with you immediately.”
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