Gavin and Stacey's Ruth Jones to star in new Netflix thriller from Missing You writer
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Gavin & Stacey’s Ruth Jones and The Missing star James Nesbitt are among the cast who have been announced for the newest Netflix thriller based on a Harlan Coben novel. Filming is set to begin in Manchester and the north west this month on the new drama, which is based on Coben’s bestseller Run Away. The eight part series will tell the story of Simon, who once had the perfect life with a loving wife and kids, a great job and a beautiful home.
Tragically, everything falls apart when his eldest daughter Paige runs away, and when he finds her, vulnerable and strung out on drugs in a city park, he finally has the chance to bring his little girl home. It turns out she’s not alone, however, and an argument escalates into shocking violence that leads Simon to lose his daughter all over again, and uncover secrets best left hidden.
The Missing and Cold Feet star James Nesbitt stars as Simon, while Wolf Hall’s Ellie de Lange plays Paige. They are joined by Minnie Driver as Simon’s wife Ingrid, The Couple Next Door’s Alfred Enoch, Ted Lasso star Annette Badland, former EastEnders actress Tracy Ann Oberman and sitcom star Ruth Jones.
Ruth has most recently been thrilling fans with her performance as Nessa in the last ever Gavin & Stacey episode that aired on Christmas Day. Ruth and her co-star and co-writer on the series, James Corden, recently revealed why there won’t be any more episodes after we saw their characters, Nessa and Smithy, get married. In the behind the scenes documentary A Fond Farewell, she said: "When Smithy and Nessa got together, that really is the end, because we can never see them actually together. Seeing Smithy put the bins out, it just won’t work.".
