Line of Duty star Vicky McClure has teased a "very different" character for her upcoming role in ITV drama Without Sin.
Starring in the four-part psychological thriller alongside her This is England '86 co-star and friend Johnny Harris, McClure said the new series is very different from her more recent roles.
"It's very different to the action-packed shows that I've been doing," McClure, who is best known for her role as DI Kate Fleming in Line of Duty, told RadioTimes.com.
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"It was a nice change. It was much more emotive in the way that it was at a much slower pace - and the drama was elsewhere," she said. "It was very different but that's what I like to do, mix it up."
In the ITV drama McClure plays Stella Tomlinson, a mother who is grieving her murdered teenage daughter who then forms a relationship with her daughter's killer.
Set three years after her 14-year-old daughter is found dead at the family home with killer Charles Stone (Johnny Harris) standing over her, Stella is now estranged from her husband and working as an Uber driver.
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Stella agrees to meet Charles in prison, but "nothing could prepare her for what he has to say next…"
Speaking of reuniting with her old friend Johnny Harris for the series, McClure said: "I got to work with my best mate.
"Me and Johnny have always and always will have this weird imposter syndrome where we remember doing This Is England '86 together and going, ‘I wonder if I'll be able to afford to buy my own house one day – wonder if we’ll get another job.’"
Touching on the potential for more Line of Duty, she said she would "love" to do more episodes adding: "But nothing to report, I’m afraid."
Without Sin will premiere on ITVX on December 28.
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