Alongside Aisling Bea, Alice Lowe and Marc Wooton

Jayde Adams, Alice Lowe and Marc Wootton have joined the cast of the new Take That jukebox movie alongside Aisling Bea.

Earlier this month, Chortle reported how Bea let slip her role in the film, Greatest Days, backstage at the NME awards.

‘She said today: ‘After two years of a pandemic, I am ready to Relight My Fire and get singing and dancing in this feel-good joy fest of a movie.

‘I have long waited for Take That to know who I am. I’ve played the long game, but I feel like I am now so close. My dream is for them to ask me to sing the Lulu solo on stage, so I hope they read this quote and take THAT into consideration.’

It is based on the group’s musical The Band and revolves around five fans reuniting 25 years after a life-changing concert they attended as teenagers. Bea plays one of them called Rachel.

Other cast revealed by Deadline today include Amaka Okafor (The Responder), Lara McDonnell (Belfast), Jessie Mae Alonzo (Newark, Newark), Nandi Hudson (Army of Thieves). A bunch of newcomers have been cast to play the central boy band, modelled on Take That.

Filming is set to begin next month in London, Clitheroe in Lancashire and Athens.

How To Build A Girl director Coky Giedroyc  will be behind the camera and the script has been written by Tim Firth, whose credits include Calendar Girls and Kinky Boots.

Talks are said to be under way for Take That to record a new song for the soundtrack.

As well as her stand-up, Adams has acting credits for Alma's Not Normal – in which she played Leanne, the best friend of Sophie Willan's title character – Stephen Merchant's Outlaws and Good Omens, among others.

Lowe is best known for her roles as Dr. Haynes in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and Madeleine Wool in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. She wrote, directed, and starred in the 2016 film Prevenge and starred in and co-wrote the 2012 film Sightseers.

Wootton, the creator of spoof psychic Shirley Ghostman, has credits incluing the Nativity series, in which he plays Mr Poppy, High & Dry and Nighty Night.

Published: 24 Mar 2022