{"id":758834,"date":"2026-09-03T18:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T18:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/758834\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T18:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T18:18:09","slug":"catherine-zeta-jones-uses-welsh-accent-in-new-amazon-series-kill-jackie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/758834\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine Zeta-Jones uses Welsh accent in new Amazon series Kill Jackie"},"content":{"rendered":"

The series is based on the novel The Price You Pay by Nick Harkaway, published under his pseudonym Aidan Truhen.<\/p>\n

Bilbao, Lisbon and London were also used as filming locations.<\/p>\n

Zeta-Jones is known for an array of previous roles including Morticia Addams in Netflix’s Wednesday, and an Oscar-winning supporting role in Chicago. <\/p>\n

Kill Jackie will be her first major role using her Welsh accent.<\/p>\n

She has previously spoken about her strong connection to Wales<\/a>, adding in her heart she “never really left”.<\/p>\n

One fan commented on an Instagram post of the trailer, saying “her Welsh is out and I love it, can’t wait”.<\/p>\n

Zeta-Jones said she had been looking forward to the opportunity to explore a female-driven plot that “encompasses empowerment, identity and redemption”.<\/p>\n

Damon Thomas, of Killing Eve, also stars in the show while Gangs Of London’s Tom Butterworth is the writer and showrunner of the series.<\/p>\n

Kill Jackie will premiere on 2 October on Amazon Prime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The series is based on the novel The Price You Pay by Nick Harkaway, published under his pseudonym…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-758834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}