Paloma Faith to play Tinker Bell alongside Stanley Tucci in Peter Pan TV film
Paloma Faith is to star as Tinker Bell in a new adaptation of J M Barrie’s Peter Pan.
The BRIT Award winning artist will don fairy wings for her role in ITV's modern adaptation of the children's classic, titled Peter & Wendy.
Yorkshire actor Zac Sutcliffe will play Pan, Hunger Games actor Stanley Tucci will take Captain Hook and Breaking Bad's Laura Fraser will play Ms Darling in the re-imagined version, which is being filmed in Luxembourg, London and Dorset.
The TV film will open in Great Ormond Street Hospital - to which Barrie donated his Peter Pan royalties - where 12-year-old patient Lucy Rose, played by actress Hazel Doupe, is reading Peter Pan. The young girl falls asleep and dreams of the story, in which she becomes Wendy.
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ITV's Director of Drama, Steve November, said of the new production: "I'm delighted to be bringing J M Barrie's classic story of Peter Pan to ITV.
"This wonderful interpretation by Adrian Hodges is faithful to Barrie's original, but adds a new and unexpected dimension that makes it feel as though we are hearing the story for the first time.
"We're thrilled to have such a great cast on board to star in this exciting new drama."
