Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Inspired by the real-life Joan Hannington, this six-part ITV series sees Sophie Turner explore the life of the notorious jewel thief, trapped in a marriage with a violent criminal. Talking about the upcoming series, Sophie says: “There was so much about the show that appealed. First of all, it was a story about a real woman.
Joan had an obscene appetite for adventure and doing new things. I was drawn as well to the way she could compartmentalise her life.” Sophie also got to meet her real-life counterpart, Joan Hannington.
“The moment Joan walked in, she burst into tears. We hadn’t even said anything. She just said, ‘It’s perfect.
’ I think Frank [Dillane] cried, too. It was just a very, very emotional meeting. I learned such a lot from her.
I learnt about her bravado, the way she owned the room as she walked into it – it was like she had the world wrapped around her little finger.” Frank Dillane , who plays Joan’s second husband, Boisie Hannington, has since become good friends with the “real Joan”. He adds, “I’m very happy to know her.
Joan and I talk all the time.” The series is set in the 80s, where Joan’s life is on a downward spiral until a chance arises for her to escape her husband and create a new life for herself and her daug.
