Emily Atack explains new hairdo as she announces star-studded Disney+ project
ok.co.ukDavid Tennant, Aidan Turner, Emily Atack and Danny Dyer are among the famous faces starring in an adaptation of a raunchy novel from Jilly Cooper for Disney+, it has been announced.
Rivals, published in 1988 and one of 10 novels from Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles series, will be adapted into an eight-part series of the same name, featuring notorious lothario Rupert Campbell-Black played by British actor Alex Hassell.The 85-year-old author is best known for her often erotic romance novels which capture the drama and excess of Britain’s affluent elite.Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, Emily confirmed the news and also shared several snaps of her new hairdo, revealing the TV project was the reason behind it.
Sharing a screenshot of the announcement, she wrote: "Can FINALLY reveal the reason behind by new bonce... I'll be playing the very naughty Sarah Stratton in 'Rivals' - THE DREAM!!!
And Christ, what a cast." Rivals will explore the cutthroat world of independent television in 1986 as a long-standing rivalry between two of fictional Rutshire County’s most powerful men is on the cusp of boiling over.
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