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Jodie Whittaker & Jason Watkins Join ‘Dear England’ As BBC Unveils Who Will Play Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham, Wayne Rooney, Marcus Rashford & Jadon Sancho


Jodie Whittaker, Jason Watkins Join ‘Dear England’ As BBC Also Unveils Who Will Play Soccer Stars Such AS Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham, Wayne Rooney

Adam Hugill ( Sherwood), Josh Barrow ( Hostage) and screen newcomer Lewis Shepherd reprise their respective stage roles as Harry Maguire, Jordan Pickford and Dele Alli. New arrivals include Will Antenbring ( Mr Loverman) as Harry Kane; Edem-Ita Duke(Mr Loverman) as Marcus Rashford; Francis Lovehall ( AThousand Blows) as Raheem Sterling; Abdul Sessay ( Piglets) as Bukayo Saka; Jacob Greenway ( The Dream Lands) as Jude Bellingham; David Shields ( Masters of the Air) as Jordan Henderson; Hamish Frew ( Generation Z) as Eric Dier; Alfie Middlemiss ( Waterloo Road) as Phil Foden; Riess Fennell ( The Football Fantastics) as Jadon Sancho; Daniel Quincy Annoh ( The Recruit) is Ollie Watkins; Bobby Schofield ( Unforgivable) as Wayne Rooney and newcomers Dom Rayner and Alexander Parsons are Cole Palmer and Jesse Lingard respectively. With Joseph Fiennes and Jodie Whittaker leading the cast, Rupert Goold and Paul Whittington directing and Left Bank Pictures producing, BBC viewers are in for a real treat,” said Salt.

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