Heartstopper's Olivia Colman announced for new TV role
Heartstopper star Olivia Colman has been confirmed for a new TV role.
The Oscar-winning actor has signed-on to read a CBeebies Bedtime Story, with the star set to share Julia Donaldson's The Gruffalo’s Child on Friday, November 8.
The 2004 book takes place on "one wild and windy night" where "the Gruffalo’s child ignores her father’s warnings and bravely tiptoes out into the snow in search of the Big Bad Mouse".
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"On her big adventure, she meets Snake, Owl and Fox, but there's no sign of the fabled Mouse. He doesn't really exist... or does he?" the synopsis reads.
"I have loved CBeebies Bedtime Stories with my children over the years, I was so excited to be able to read one. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did," Colman said.
The star can currently be seen in Paddington threequel Paddington in Peru, where she plays the role of The Reverend Mother.
Meanwhile, earlier this year Colman criticised the gender pay gap in Hollywood, telling CNN's Christiane Amanpour: "Don't get me started on the pay disparity – but male actors get paid more because they used to say they draw in the audiences.
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"And actually, that hasn't been true for decades. But they still like to use that as a reason to not pay women as much as their male counterparts."
She added: "I'm very aware that if I was Oliver Colman, I'd be earning a f**k of a lot more than I am... Absolutely yes, I'm aware of [it].
"I know of one pay disparity, which is a 12,000 per cent difference. Do the maths. I know."
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