Since the Netflix drama she starred in has become a massive hit, Michelle Keegan is getting offers from Hollywood – but is she willing to relocate to the US?
Shelley Spadoni
She’s in an enviable position right now, with her Netflix show Fool Me Once propelling her to a whole new level of fame.
But it seems that Michelle Keegan, who has called the huge success of her most recent show “surreal”, is feeling deeply divided over the choice that lies ahead.
On the one hand, it’s the perfect time for her to go to America and pursue a career there. On the other, she is extremely close to her family in the UK – and doesn’t think she could bear to leave them to pursue her acting dreams.
A source has told new that the Stockport-born actress, 36, is “torn” between taking the next step in her career by going to America or staying in the UK with her husband Mark Wright, 37, and family.
“She’s worked so hard to get to this point and Hollywood is all she has ever dreamed of, but now the possibility is in front of her, she has a real dilemma,” they said.
It’s the opportunity of a lifetime for any British actor but, as our source tells us, this choice has come at the most difficult time for Michelle.
“She’s got her amazing new home in Essex with Mark that they worked on for years and she wants to concentrate on her marriage as well as her career,” said the source. “Heading to America would mean they’d be apart and they’ve already spent a lot of their marriage across the pond when Mark moved over for his job [on entertainment show Extra]. This would mean another parting for them and it would be tough, no matter how supportive Mark is of her.”
Fool Me Once is officially Netflix’s ninth-most popular English language TV show ever and as a result, its star Michelle, who plays widowed mum Maya Stern, is hot property Stateside.
She revealed in an interview earlier this month that, as well as feeling delighted by the turn of events, her skyrocketing fame has left her feeling pretty overwhelmed.
“It is insane. I’m not going to lie. It makes me feel a little bit nauseous,” she said. “I’m still a bit numb. It’s been very overwhelming, but amazing as well. It doesn’t feel real.”
Rumour has it that Michelle has been inundated with scripts and offers from Hollywood bigwigs since making a splash with Fool Me Once – and asked last month about whether she’d make the move, she didn’t dismiss it.
