Este Haim 'signs up' for James Corden and Ruth Jones' The Choir
Este Haim is said to have a major role in James Corden and Ruth Jones' Apple TV+ comedy-drama The Choir.
Este Haim has reportedly signed up to star in The Choir.
The 40-year-old singer is said to have landed a major role in James Corden, 48, and 60-year-old Ruth Jones' Apple TV+ comedy-drama, which follows estranged siblings Ben (James) and Lisa (Ruth) as they heal and reconcile their relationship through a local community choir.
A source told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: "James has known Este and her sisters Alana and Danielle for years, and they get on really well.
"Este’s big-screen debut was in 2021’s Licorice Pizza, and she has had a couple more roles since then, but The Choir is her first big TV series.
"She has been cast as someone close to James and could be singing - which is fitting given her musical background with Haim.
"James, Ruth and Este have been filming together, and it’s all going brilliantly."
The Haim sisters starred in the coming-of-age comedy-drama Licorice Pizza, and Este thinks it was inevitable that one of them would try acting.
She said: "We were just really rambunctious kids, and so our parents put us in theatre and dance and choir just to tire us out.
"It was almost natural that eventually one of us would venture into acting."
The Choir, which is set to air in 2027, features a talented cast, including Hannah Waddingham, 52, James McAvoy, 47, and 77-year-old Jim Broadbent.
Tom Davis, 47, Jason Watkins, 64, David Harewood, 60, Rosie Sheehy, Susan Brown, 80, Sylvestra Le Touzel, 68, Alexandria Riley, Tom Edden, 48, Emily Lloyd-Saini, 42, Gary Lamont, 41, Luiis Rouf, Stephen Leask, Evie Jones, Jo Foster, 27, and Farrah Abbassy will also be on screen.
The Choir is produced by I May Destroy You studio Various Artists Limited alongside Ruth's TidyTwo.
Earlier this year, James hinted at a potential scene involving a song by 59-year-old singer-songwriter Richard Hawley.
The Gavin and Stacey co-creator and star teased: "We've just written a scene - I think Richard Hawley is Britain's maybe greatest living lyricist.
"The show is really about community and love and music. The importance of music, and the importance of love, and do the two exist without each other? I don't know...
"Richard Hawley's not in it; I've never met him!
"We haven't asked permission yet, so hopefully he'll give it to us, [but] there's a moment with a Richard Hawley song which we just loved writing so much."
