Freema tortures Torchwood
FUMING Torchwood bosses have been forced to tear up scripts for the show after star Freema Agyeman defected to ITV.
Scriptwriters spent months writing gripping storylines for Freema, 29 - who was a central character in the spin-off show.
But now the former Doctor Who star has been ditched from the five-part BBC mini-series - after agreeing to do ITV’s new British version of US crime series Law and Order.
The move is believed to have annoyed Torchwood creator and executive producer Russell T Davies.
It was him who gave Freema her big break in Doctor Who, playing scientist Martha Jones.
An insider said: “This has really mucked things about. We’ve had to go back and re-edit loads of scripts because she’s not going to be in it.”
The source added that the fact she signed for ITV added insult to injury.
They added: “They’re the Beeb’s bitter rival, so the fact she’s going over there to star in a big new project has not gone down well at all.”
The BBC said in an official statement: “As with any drama in the early stages of production, scripts evolve and change on a daily basis before being finalised.”
Freema - who was plucked from obscurity to be Doctor Who’s assistant in series three - is expected to play a prosecutor in Law and Order: London.
ITV bosses have high hopes for the adaptation of the Five hit - breaking with tradition to order a long run of about a dozen episodes.
They will start filming the show in the autumn with an “enormous cast”.
source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1467855.ece
Scriptwriters spent months writing gripping storylines for Freema, 29 - who was a central character in the spin-off show.
But now the former Doctor Who star has been ditched from the five-part BBC mini-series - after agreeing to do ITV’s new British version of US crime series Law and Order.
The move is believed to have annoyed Torchwood creator and executive producer Russell T Davies.
It was him who gave Freema her big break in Doctor Who, playing scientist Martha Jones.
An insider said: “This has really mucked things about. We’ve had to go back and re-edit loads of scripts because she’s not going to be in it.”
The source added that the fact she signed for ITV added insult to injury.
They added: “They’re the Beeb’s bitter rival, so the fact she’s going over there to star in a big new project has not gone down well at all.”
The BBC said in an official statement: “As with any drama in the early stages of production, scripts evolve and change on a daily basis before being finalised.”
Freema - who was plucked from obscurity to be Doctor Who’s assistant in series three - is expected to play a prosecutor in Law and Order: London.
ITV bosses have high hopes for the adaptation of the Five hit - breaking with tradition to order a long run of about a dozen episodes.
They will start filming the show in the autumn with an “enormous cast”.
source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1467855.ece