Jenna Coleman Cast in New Movie: Is This The End for Clara?

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Production on Doctor Who Series 9 is in full swing, so it is quite strange to find that one of its stars, Jenna Coleman, has been cast in a high profile movie from MGM.

Me Before You stars Game of Thrones‘ Emilia Clarke and Hunger Games Sam Claflin, and is directed by Thea Sharrock (BBC miniseries The Hollow Crow). Initial announcement of the movie had an August 2015 release back in September, but there has been no revised schedule with the news that Coleman (as well as former Game of Thrones star Charles Dance) will join the movie, which accoring to Deadline:

…tells the story of two very different characters: Lou (Clarke), a small town girl caught between dead-end jobs; and Will (Claflin), a high-profile, successful man who becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. Will has decided his life is not worth living until Lou is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. Lou becomes determined to prove to Will that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.

Now, there is every chance that Coleman has already filmed her scenes for this movie prior to production on Doctor Who Series 9 beginning. Or, on the other hand, the announcement could be that she is about to join the shoot. If the former, there’s nothing to see here; if the latter, then this indicates that Jenna Coleman will be taking Clara Oswald on her final trip in the TARDIS unless filming on Me Before You has been delayed considerably, (not uncommon in Hollywood).

Throw in some speculation that Game of Thrones‘ Maisie Williams has joined Doctor Who as a permanent cast member rather than a one story guest, and you’ve got quite the interesting state of affairs.

What do you think?

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