Fool Me Once star Michelle Keegan ‘panicked’ when she realised she’d never be on soap ever again
She's already a household name, but Michelle Keegan has cemented herself further as one of the country's best actors through Netflix hit Fool Me Once.
The Harlan Coben novel adaption, released on Netflix on 1 January, has quickly become the most-watched TV or film on the platform with tens of millions tuning in to enjoy the thriller.
The show follows Michelle as army veteran Maya Stern, who is seeking answers after the murder of her husband and sister.
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Things get even weirder when Maya thinks she sees her dead husband on a hidden nanny cam, who can be seen playing with their infant daughter. It sees her untangle a huge conspiracy that rocks everyone involved.
The show is the latest on Michelle's meteoric rise from her first acting role on Coronation Street.
She played Tina McIntyre on the cobbles from 2008 to 2014, appearing in more than 850 episodes.
Michelle has now revealed that leaving the historic soap opera left her in a 'panic', with the manner of her departure meaning she could never return (spoiler, her character died).
Michelle told Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast: "I did panic and think, 'What if I don't work again? They're killing Tina, what am I going to do?'.
“But Julie Hesmondhalgh, who played Hayley Cropper, was leaving about the same time as me.
“She said, ‘Killing Tina is the best thing they could have ever done, because they’ve taken that security blanket away and you have to really push hard now and work hard’.”
Michelle's worries didn't end there, with her telling the podcast that she still suffers with imposter syndrome constantly as every job comes to an end.
She said: “I will be going away again in February for work which will take me through to the summer.
“It is exciting but I also still have the fear and I suffer a lot with imposter syndrome.
“So I will be doing a job and as soon as I wrap on that job, I’m like, ‘Right, well I’m never going to work again!’. You know, that was good while it lasted. So I always have that slight panic.
“I come from a very normal working-class background, my family and friends aren’t in the industry at all.
“I’d never met anyone in the industry until I was in Corrie.
“Even when I was there I was just like, ‘I’m gonna get found out, I shouldn’t be here, someone else should have had this job’.”
Of course Michelle's talent is not in doubt, with her starring in numerous main roles across shows such as Our Girl and Brassic, cementing herself as one of the finest actors to come out of Manchester.
Topics: Netflix, ITV, TV and Film
Tom Earnshaw