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Jamie Roberts

Jodie Comer 'in frame' to play Coleen Rooney in Wagatha Christie TV drama

The long-awaited verdict in the "Wagatha Christie" case between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy was reached last week, but it seems as though the case isn't going to disappear anytime soon.

After a nearly three-year-long battle in which Rebekah sued Coleen for libel - the judgement ruled in favour of Coleen, 36.

And while all parties might try to move on from the case, there have been several suggestions that the saga could be made into a documentary series, drama and even Hollywood blockbuster.

Latest sources suggest that there are at least three production companies vying to secure a deal for the plot, with big-name stars being lined up to portray the pair.

It's been said that Jodie Comer has been linked with the role of Coleen, while The Crown star Emerald Fennel is in the frame to play Rebekah, 40.

A TV insider told The Sun : "The creative teams are determined to sign up major league actors.

"Jodie [Comer] and Emerald [Fennell] have the gravity to pull off performances as two strong women locking horns in court.

"This is a race to deliver a serious depiction of the chain of events that saw the Wagatha case end up in court."

Emerald played Camilla Parker Bowles in The Crown and wrote the second series of Killing Eve, which also starred Jodie.

Last week's "Wagatha" verdict saw Mrs Justice Steyn announce in favour of Coleen.

Coleen said she was pleased with the judgement and bears no ill will to Rebekah, saying: "It was not a case I ever sought or wanted."

Turning to her viral Instagram post which sparked the saga, Coleen said: "Today’s judgment makes clear that I was right in what I said in my posts of October 2019."

In how own statement, Rebekah admitted she was "extremely sad and disappointed" by the decision, and she did not accept it nor believe it "was just".

Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy during UEFA EURO 2016 (SplashNews.com)

Rebekah originally launched libel proceedings in 2020 after denying Coleen's accusations that she had been behind leaking "false stories" about her private life.

Later, Rebekah made a dramatic U-turn and admitted in a witness statement her agent Caroline Watt could have leaked the stories.

In Justice Steyn's ruling, she said it was "likely that Rebekah's agent at the time, Caroline Watt, "undertook the direct act" of passing information to The Sun.

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