Doctor Who, Victoria, Emmerdale, Waterloo Road - Jenna Coleman has quite the acting CV. And she can now add The Jetty to that increasing list. This intriguing new drama from the BBC is set right here in Lancashire - Jenna's home - in a fictional lake town which will seem all-too familiar to viewers 'up North'.
“I think my reluctance in the past was, as much as I love detective thrillers, I think sometimes what happens is you become a vehicle to turn the cogs of the story,” she says thoughtfully. Whereas this just felt, from the first read of the first page, I knew who Ember was as a human first. It felt very much like a human and emotional story as much as it was a detective thriller, and the two things co-existing together. So that was what completely hooked me.
“I love detective dramas and I think audiences are fascinated by them because we’re fascinated by ourselves and they’re a great way of exploring human behaviour,” Jones says. “I think the really interesting ones are about presenting characters who aren’t heroes or villains, but just complex, flawed characters making choices, and our job as the audience is to watch those choices.
“The women are as flawed and complex as the men, and I think with very few exceptions I don’t think there are any characters in the show that aren’t redeemable in some way, there are no heroes or villains, I hope. So the female characters are very important to me, but all the characters are important to me, so I hope it’s not alienating and simplistic.
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