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The Cuckoo's Jill Halfpenny on one demand she made over new role
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 stars as mysterious lodger Sian in Channel 5's The Cuckoo Read MoreRelated Articles ITV Emmerdale's Sammy Winward's life off screen from 'normal' job to lookalike daughter as she returns to TV Jill reveals that she took inspiration from true crime documentary like Dr Death or The Tinder Swindler when preparing for The Cuckoo“Usually people like Sian would prey on somebody who wasn’t feeling quite so confident, which is exactly what she does with this family. Sian grows close to Nick's daughter Alice, played by Freya Hannan-Mills“We actually first worked together when we did Inspector George Gently way back, but every time I saw Lee we’d be preparing to spend these scenes hating each other,” she laughs.
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