{
  "id": 19180219,
  "title": "Emily Watson To Lead ‘John Daniel’, Dominic Cooke’s Drama About Unlikely Friendship Between English Woman And Baby Gorilla",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/emily-watson-to-lead-john-daniel-dominic-cookes-drama-about-unlikely",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-09T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/11/emily-watson-leading-john-daniel-dominic-cooke-drama-1237217226/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Emily Watson (Hamnet, Chernobyl) has been cast in the lead role in Dominic Cooke’s British drama John Daniel. She will play Alyce Cunningham, a fiercely independent English woman who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a baby gorilla in the aftermath of the First World War. Based on a true story, the screenplay was written […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}