{"id":2162572,"date":"2026-09-24T21:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2162572"},"modified":"2026-09-24T21:54:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:54:20","slug":"catherine-zeta-jones-bases-kill-jackie-role-on-people-she-knows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2162572","title":{"rendered":"Catherine Zeta-Jones bases Kill Jackie role on people she knows"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"UNAIUNAI MATEO<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Catherine Zeta-Jones plays Jackie Price, a former cocaine dealer who is being targeted by hitmen in a new series<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Actor Catherine Zeta-Jones says she based her performance in the new series Kill Jackie on people she knows in Wales.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Mumbles star plays Jackie Price, a former cocaine dealer who is being targeted by hitmen, in a new series for Prime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is the first time she has played a role using her Swansea accent and the first time she has filmed a drama in Wales.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I played on people I know in Wales, people who are comedic and the accent makes it funny and real and true, but the character comes from a tough side of Swansea, which we do have as well,” she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"UNAIUNAI MATEO<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
O\u0301scar Jaenada as Zigor and Zeta-Jones as Jackie Price in Kill Jackie<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The series is based on a book called The Price You Pay, set in the US, and the central character is a man called Jack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Zeta-Jones said they “flipped it” for her to be a woman with all the quirkiness and craziness that Jack had in the book.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She said: “I told my creative team, I want to play her Welsh. And they went OK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“For many reasons. One, I’ve never played real Welsh Swansea ever, never shot in Wales and I think it would ground me in her character and add nuances that I would know,” she told Lucy Owen on BBC Radio Wales.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I’m so glad I did it because she’s such a great character and I just wanted her to be Welsh.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Zeta-Jones says she “could not believe” how many of her fans noticed the use of her accent in the thriller<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Zeta-Jones, also an executive producer on the series, said she had an idea for one scene to use a song by Welsh singing legend Tom Jones, and have him help save the day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She said: “Jackie has installed this high-tech security system behind these Andy Warhol style prints of Tom Jones. They lift up and out come very dangerous machine-guns that do the bad guys in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“That was my contribution to the scene.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Catherine said she did not know if Jones realised he had such a crucial role and said she needed to text him to tell him about it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I think because I’m playing such a badass, I think he’s going to love that we used his song in that particular moment in the show,” she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Zeta-Jones has been praised by fans for using her Welsh accent in the thriller, which begins on 2 October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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One fan said they loved hearing the “queen of Wales sounding Welsh”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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

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

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Speaking on BBC Woman’s Hour, Zeta-Jones said she “could not believe” how many of her fans noticed the use of her accent and that it had made her “very happy”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Hollywood actress also revisited comments she made recently about the term “nepo baby”, which she said was a “horrific” phrase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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During the interview, she said her husband Michael Douglas – son of Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas – was “the ultimate nepo baby”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She also said her children Dylan and Carys had dealt with the “intense attention thrown on them profoundly well”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Catherine Zeta-Jones says her husband Michael Douglas is “the ultimate nepo baby”<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Despite her Welsh pride, Zeta-Jones has also revealed that she turned down an appearance on Welcome To Wrexham, alongside fellow Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In an interview with Heart Radio she said she was asked several times to feature in the documentary series. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“It’s really hard to explain to Americans that I’m from Swansea and I was brought up with Swansea City. My uncle Bobby was director of the Swans when John Toshack took us to the premiership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I was in the front seat of the parade. I have been a lifelong Swansea city fan. I can’t go to Wrexham. I can’t even go to Wrexham to tell them how much I love Swansea. I think they would throw bricks at me in the street,” she joked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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