A First Look at Jenna Coleman in Crime Drama 'The Serpent'

A First Look at Jenna Coleman in Crime Drama 'The Serpent'

Victoria star Jenna Coleman will take part in a very different kind of period drama in 2021, with a lead role in the true crime thriller The Serpent.

Set in the 1970s, the drama will follow the hunt for the real-life French serial killer Charles Sobhraj whose famous nickname gives the series title, is already being imagined as another Bodyguard-type hit that will capture the public imagination on both sides of the Atlantic in a similar fashion.

French actor Tahar Rahim, best known in America for his turn in Hulu's The Looming Tower, stars as the titular con man and murderer, who also happened to be one of the most elusive criminals of the 20th century. Coleman plays his sometimes partner and girlfriend Marie-Andrée Leclerc, who helped Sobhrag commit many of his crimes.