Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama viewers hit out at Liverpool accents in show
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama kept viewers hooked when it concluded on Thursday, but some complained about the Scouce accents on the show.
Chanel Cresswell, who is from Derbyshire, plays Coleen Rooney, while Dion Lloyd, who is from North Wales, plays her husband Wayne, in the show which follows the legal battle between Coleen and fellow WAG Rebekah Vardy.
While many viewers praised the actors for their performances, some thought the accents unconvincing, saying the Liverpool natives should have been cast in the roles.
Not impressed: Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama kept viewers hooked when it concluded on Thursday, but some complained about the Scouce accents on the show.
One viewer wrote: ‘Please, please, please stop having non-scouse actors play scousers. #VardyvRooney is painful.
‘Yes, we have a strong accent, but the non-sneerers accentuate words that sound ridiculous. #MartinFreeman was an exception. We have some fantastic actors/actresses in Liverpool, use them.’
Another wrote: ‘Coleen’s accent in #VardyvRooney. Why can’t they get a scouser to play a scouser?
A third viewer added: ‘Listen, I think this actress is fantastic. She loved her on Trolled. But this accent is something else.
Cast: Chanel Cresswell, who is from Derbyshire, plays Coleen Rooney, while Dion Lloyd (pictured), who is from North Wales, plays her husband Wayne.
Another wrote: ‘Argh this accent is making me want to watch. Surely there is a lot of acting talent in Liverpool that could have been used.”
A fifth said: ‘All really amazing scouse actors and they don’t wear one. That accent is shocking.
Created from actual courtroom transcripts, Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama gives viewers the chance to relive the untelevised scenes from inside the courtroom with all the drama that kept the public and the media going. captivated for weeks.
The programme, produced by Chalkboard, which made the BBC’s historical murder series Murder, Mystery and My Family, aired this week on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Reaction: While many viewers praised the actors for their performances, some thought the accents unconvincing and said the Liverpool natives should have been cast in the roles.
The former friends first publicly fell out in 2019 when Coleen accused Rebekah of leaking posts from her private Instagram account to The Sun.
Her rigorous investigation to find the culprit earned her the title of Wagatha Christie in reference to mystery writer Agatha Christie.
Rebekah denied the claims and sued for libel, but lost in High Court in July, where her evidence was found “grossly inconsistent” and “not credible.”
In October, he was ordered to pay 90 per cent of Coleen’s legal bills with the first £800,000 due within six weeks.
Drama – Created from actual courtroom transcripts, Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama gives viewers the chance to relive untelevised scenes from inside the courtroom.
Feud: The former friends first fell out publicly in 2019 when Coleen accused Rebekah of leaking posts from her private Instagram account to The Sun
Drama: Her rigorous investigation to find the culprit earned her the title of Wagatha Christie in reference to mystery writer Agatha Christie.
The former Dancing on Ice contestant also has her own lawyers’ bills to foot, meaning the huge cost of her failed libel suit is around £4m.
Rebekah is reportedly facing an estimated legal bill of £1.5m for her costs following her libel battle at the ‘Wagatha Christie’ High Court.
The WAG, whose reputation is in tatters after it scored one of the worst own goals in British legal history, is believed to have to find £800,000 within weeks.
Reaction: A viewer said ‘scousers should only play scousers’ after watching the show
It comes into the hands of a High Court judge who dismissed its evidence as “evasive or implausible” in one of the most followed cases in recent years.
She was accused of deliberately deleting WhatsApp messages central to the case, as it was suggested that her agent also intentionally dropped her phone in the North Sea.
Vardy and her footballer husband kept the bill after Judge Steyn ruled in Rooney’s favor in a judgment that parts of her evidence given under oath had been ‘grossly inconsistent’, ‘not credible’ and had to be treated with ‘very considerable caution’.
New: The series recreated the legal battle between the WAGS that became known as the ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial (Coleen and Wayne in court)
On the air: The show, produced by Chalkboard, who made the BBC’s landmark murder series Murder, Mystery and My Family, aired this week on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
He lost his high-profile defamation suit against Rooney in July when Judge Steyn ruled that Rooney’s viral post on social media accusing Vardy of leaking his private information to the press was “substantially true”.
It followed a viral post on social media where Rooney had revealed that he had put fake stories on his Instagram page. These false tales later surfaced in The Sun newspaper.
Because she had changed her settings so that only one user could see it, she felt safe to make the famous ‘it’s… Rebekah Vardy’s account’ statement.
Drama: The former friends first fell out publicly in 2019 when Coleen accused Rebekah of leaking posts from her private Instagram account to The Sun
In an order, the judge ruled that Vardy should pay 90% of Rooney’s costs.
Rooney incurred total costs of over £2 million, but £350,000 of these had already accrued before trial in May, so they were removed to produce a final figure of £1,667,860.
Vardy was ordered to pay £800,000 of the cost bill by 4pm on 15 November.
Not happy: Rebekah denied the claims and sued for libel, but lost in High Court in July, where her evidence was found ‘grossly inconsistent’ and ‘not credible’