Michelle Keegan has been spotted on the set of the upcoming Harlan Coben drama The Woods for the first time this Monday. The 38-year-old actress portrays Lucy Silverfield in the dark thriller and appeared to be engaged in a tense phone call while filming in Liverpool.
On-Set Style
For her day of work, Michelle wore a red and white tweed jacket paired with a patterned T-shirt and denim jeans, showcasing her off-duty chic style.
Cast and Crew
Michelle joins The Love Hypothesis star Tom Bateman in this adaptation of Coben's 2007 novel. The ensemble cast also features The Inbetweeners' James Buckley, comedian Tom Allen, After Life's Mandeep Dhillon, and Small Prophets' Pearce Quigley. Additional cast members include Tracy-Ann Oberman, Rade Sherbedgia, Christopher Harper, Dean Fagan, Charlotte Beaumont, and Roger Barclay.
A Reunion with Harlan Coben
This marks Michelle's second collaboration with Harlan Coben for Netflix, following the massive success of Fool Me Once, which debuted in 2024. In that series, she starred opposite Joanna Lumley, Richard Armitage, and Adeel Akhtar.
Plot Synopsis
The official synopsis for The Woods teases: 'Twenty years ago, Paul 'Cope' Copeland's sister Camille vanished from a summer camp in the woods, a loss that tore his family apart. Now a top barrister and devoted single father to ten-year-old daughter Cami, Cope appears to have rebuilt his life. But when the body of a man turns up – twenty years after he was supposedly murdered alongside Camille – Cope becomes convinced his sister may have made it out of the woods alive too. Determined to uncover the truth, Cope reunites with his first love, Lucy Silverfield (Keegan), and together they begin a search for answers, unearthing years of lies, cover-ups, and family secrets that threaten to destroy everything he has built.'
Author's Statement
Harlan Coben said in a statement: 'The Woods is a haunting and very personal story. It has everything you expect from us – twisty, turning, gasp-inducing – but at the core is a story of old love and yearning. Working with a cast led by Tom Bateman, Michelle Keegan, Mandeep Dhillon, Pearce Quigley, James Buckley, Tom Allen – it's an embarrassment of riches.'
Adaptation Details
Danny Brocklehurst is adapting the book into an eight-part series for Netflix. The Woods is set to be Netflix's 14th Coben adaptation, following projects like Missing You and Gone For Good. Earlier this year, Netflix launched another Coben series, Run Away, which earned an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score. That murder mystery thriller, starring Ruth Jones and James Nesbitt, premiered on New Year's Day and quickly garnered positive reviews from fans, who described themselves as 'already hooked'.
