‘Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama’ to be aired on December 21. Know about the starcast

‘Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama’, a recreation of Wagatha Christie or the real libel case, Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney, will be aired on December 21, 2022 on British public television, Channel 4. It’s a 2-part drama, whose Part 1 will be released on Wednesday and the second part in subsequent days.

Leading in the starcast is the Welsh actor Michael Sheen in the role of Rooney’s barrister, David Sherbourne. Sheen has played real-life figures earlier too as Tony Blair in ‘The Queen' and David Frost in ‘Frost/Nixon’. Others in the male starcast include Pride fame actor Dion Llyod for the role of footballer Wayne Rooney and husband of Coleen Rooney. Hungarian actor and Netflix sensation, Márton Nagyszokolyai, will play the role of Jamie Vardy.




Then the British actor, Natalia Tena, will play the role of Rebekah Vardy and the BAFTA winner, Chanel Cresswell will portray the character of Coleen Rooney. Tena is popularly known for playing Osha in Game of Thrones, and Nymphadora Tonks in the Harry Potter film series while Cresswell is popular for her roles in The Split, Murdered for Being Different and The Aliens.

FAQs:

1. ‘Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama’ is based on which true incident?
   Yes, interestingly enough, ‘Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama’ is a recreation of the real courtroom Rebekah Vardy vs Coleen Rooney trial of a libel case, which started in 2019. In July 2022, Vardy’s claims were dismissed by the court and Rooney’s claims of alleging Vardy of leaking her private Instagram posts to a British Newspaper were established to be true.
2. Why is Rebekah Vardy vs Coleen Rooney trial called Wagatha Christie trial?
   Fans following the case created a portmanteau Wagatha Christie by combining WAG, which means Wives and girlfriends of a high-profile sportsman and Agatha Christie, a classic detective and crime novel writer. Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney are wives of famous English football players Jamie Vardy and Wayne Rooney.