Former Coronation Street actress Catherine Tyldesley has said she was “immediately drawn” to the part of Sara in new Channel 5 series 15 Days.
The TV star, who played Eva Price in the soap for seven years, looks steely in the first image from the programme – which is due to air this year.
She stands beside co-star David Caves, best known as Jack Hodgson in the BBC series Silent Witness, who cradles a hunting rifle in his lap.
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Catherine, 35, said: “I was immediately drawn into this wonderfully dark story from the very first pages of the script and couldn’t wait to be involved.
“Sara is a complex woman at a very challenging time in her life and an absolute gift of a part to play.
“The setting is stunning and I am loving the dynamics of this talented cast as we navigate the twists and turns of an extremely gripping story.”
Channel 5 said the four-part thriller will turn the traditional investigative narrative inside out.
The series is based on Welsh-language public broadcaster S4C’s 35 Diwrnod (35 Days) and is being filmed in Cardiff by Wales-based production company Boom.
It features a cast of mainly Welsh actors including Tom Rhys Harries, Sharon Morgan, Geraint Morgan, Ian Saynor and Freddy Carter.
The show will see a family reunited at their mother’s funeral but tensions will arise over who inherits the family farm.
A brutal murder will occur before the action cuts to 15 days earlier and slowly winds forward to the horrific event.
Catherine previously teased a new show she has signed up for, admitting her alter-ego is “very different” compared to bubbly barmaid Eva.
She told Hello! magazine: “I’m ready to embrace new projects. I’m super excited. I start filming my new project in January.
“That’s partly why we’re doing some special things over Christmas, because I’ll be away for a while. I can’t wait – it’s extremely well written and my character is very different to Eva.”
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The actress quit the cobbles after playing Eva for seven years, and admitted she found it tough to shoot some of her emotionally-charged exit scenes.
She previously told BANG Showbiz: “It is tiring, because obviously you have to go there to make it believable, so your nervous system doesn’t necessarily understand that you’re only pretending, so it is tiring, but I think you’ve just got to look after yourself and try and laugh as much in between.
“Shayne Ward (Aidan Connor) was always good for that.”
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