'Sanditon' Star Rose Willams to Lead Netflix Psychological Thriller 'Locked In'

Although we'll be saying goodbye to the seaside resort town of Sanditon this spring, the period drama's third and final season won't be the last we see of its star Rose Williams on our screens. Eagle-eyed viewers likely remember seeing her in the period film Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris starring Lesley Manville when it debuted in theaters over the summer. Her next project will probably put her squarely in front of even more eyeballs.

Williams has been cast as one of the leads in Netflix's upcoming British psychological thriller Locked In, where she is set to star opposite Famke Janssen. Most people are probably familiar with Janssen from her turn as Jean Grey in the original X-Men trilogy of films back in the early 2000s, but in recent years the actress has chosen more interesting, often niche-y roles on series like The Capture, How to Get Away with Murder, and When they See Us. (And, in truth, we love to see an actress of her caliber thriving!)

But what's perhaps most intriguing about the Sanditon star's involvement in this project is how against type this role seems for her, particularly as she wraps up playing a quintessential Jane Austen heroine. (I can't be the only one who wants to see Charlotte Heywood break bad, is what I'm saying.)