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HOMELAND’S Claire Danes has been signed up by Apple TV+ to star in their upcoming Victorian drama series The Essex Serpent. She’ll play a woman who moves from London to a small Essex village following the death of her abusive husband – and grows intrigued by a local superstition, centred on a mythical sea creature.

Keira Knightley was originally cast in the role but had to pull out owing to Covid-related childcare issues.