‘The Jetty’ Star Jenna Coleman on Ember’s Murky Past and That Shocking Twist: ‘The Ending Used to be Extremely Different’
variety.comK.J. Yossman SPOILER ALERT: This story contains major spoilers for “The Jetty,” now streaming on iPlayer in the U.K.
In new BBC drama “The Jetty” Jenna Coleman (“Doctor Who,” “The Sandman”) plays Detective Ember Manning, whose investigation into an abused teenager sets her onto a cold case relating to another missing teen, Amy Knightly, who disappeared some decades earlier.
It’s a case Ember soon realizes she has an intimate connection to. Over four nail-biting episodes showrunner Cat Jones takes viewers on a bumpy ride through Ember’s past and present as an investigative podcaster and even Ember’s own family become wrapped up in the case. (The series is produced by BBC Studios-owned Firebird Pictures).
Coleman sat down with Variety after the show dropped to speak about Ember’s confession, Amy’s own culpability and whether we might ever see Detective Manning return to solve another mystery. Let’s talk about that shocking ending, where Ember tells detectives that Arj killed Amy.
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