'Dune' and 'Mission Impossible's' Rebecca Ferguson is the latest actor to join the star-studded film adaptation of 'The Magic Faraway Tree.' Ferguson has joined the cast in the role of Dame Snap, the story's headmistress and one of Blyton's most iconic villains. Ferguson will line up alongside Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan, Jessica Gunning and Jennifer Saunders of Enid Blyton's beloved children's classic.
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00:00Dune and Mission Impossible's Rebecca Ferguson is the latest actor to join the
00:04star-studded film adaptation of The Magic Fairway Tree. Ferguson will line up alongside Andrew
00:09Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlin, Jessica Gunning, and Jennifer Saunders in Enid Blyton's
00:15beloved children's classic. Ferguson has joined the cast in the role of Dame Snap,
00:20the story's headmistress and one of Blyton's most iconic villains.
00:24Based on the Fairway Tree series of novels for children, the film follows Polly, played by Foy,
00:28and Tim Thompson, played by Garfield, and their children Beth, Joe, and Fran,
00:33who find themselves forced to relocate to the remote English countryside. According to the
00:37synopsis, there the children discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric occupants.
00:43Ferguson's casting in The Magic Fairway Tree adds to her growing cinematic slate in recent years,
00:48and which includes the upcoming Peaky Blinders movie opposite Cillian Murphy
00:52and Mercy with Chris Pratt. For more on this casting, head to THR.com.
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