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30th October 2025
03:45pm GMT
English actress Michelle Keegan is reportedly set to star in a major book adaptation.
Reese Witherspoon is keen to cast the former Coronation Street star in the film version of her and Harlan Coben’s novel Gone Before Goodbye.
Witherspoon released her first novel with Harlan Coben in September.
Gone Before Goodbye is the unforgettable story of an indomitable woman, trapped in a conspiracy she helped create but can’t understand.
After her work in Fool Me Once, Witherspoon is eager to get Michelle Keegan involved in this project.
She played the lead role in the Netflix series Fool Me Once, which became an instant hit.
According to The Sun, "Harlan has been singing Michelle’s praises to Reese and she was keen to meet her.”
"They got on really well, and it was clear that Reese was really taken with Michelle. The plan is to turn the book into a film, and Michelle is their first choice to take on the role of the lead character, Maggie McCabe."
“It’s early days, but Harlan and Reese think Michelle is tailor-made for this role and would love her to come on board when the time is right."
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Maggie McCabe is teetering on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned Army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge, where she could make the most impact. And it was all going to plan…until it wasn’t.
Upside down after a devastating series of tragedies, which led to her medical license being revoked, Maggie has lost her purpose, but not her nerve or her passion. At her lowest point, she is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite plastic surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy, as well as absolute discretion.
Halfway across the globe, sequestered in the lap of luxury and cutting-edge technology, one of the world’s most mysterious men requires unconventional medical assistance. Desperate and one of the few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfills her end of the agreement.
But when the patient suddenly disappears while still under her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself – or she will be the next one who is… Gone Before Goodbye.
You can buy Gone Before Goodbye here.
