Fans of ITV crime drama Grace can soon see Cleo Morey star Zoë Tapper in a very different role, as her new drama series I, Jack Wright is about to start airing on U&Alibi.
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I, Jack Wright comes from Unforgotten creator Chris Lang, and follows the fallout of a dramatic will reading, after the wealthy patriarch of the Wright family dies.
Tapper plays Georgia Wright, and speaking exclusively with RadioTimes.com at the show's premiere, she revealed that her character's distance from Grace's Cleo was one of the key reasons for taking on the role.
She said: "Well, because I'm in Grace, which I love, and it's a very long-running series, I think when I initially read the scripts of this, it was just so appealing to me because the character is almost the complete antithesis of Cleo Morey."
Zoë Tapper at the premiere for I, Jack Wright. Joe Maher/Getty Images
Tapper continued: "I play Georgia Wright, and she's everything that Cleo isn't. She's mercurial and vicious, and she's really high maintenance, and she's all about what she looks like, and she's just delicious.
"I absolutely loved her as soon as I read her on the page, and some of her one-liners are just absolute gold."
Notably, I, Jack Wright has more than one cast member linking it with Grace, as that show's titular star John Simm plays Gray Wright.
The rest of the cast includes the likes of Nikki Amuka-Bird, Gemma Jones, Trevor Eve, Daniel Rigby, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Rakhee Thakrar, Harry Lloyd, Liz Kingsman, James Fleet, Sabrina Bartlett and Percelle Ascott.
James Hibbs is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering programmes across both streaming platforms and linear channels. He previously worked in PR, first for a B2B agency and subsequently for international TV production company Fremantle. He possesses a BA in English and Theatre Studies and an NCTJ Level 5 Diploma in Journalism.
