Michelle Keegan thanks fans for overwhelming support for Fool Me Once
The Netflix drama has reached the Top 10 in 91 countries!
Last updated 23rd Jan 2024
It's only been available to stream since New Year's Day, but Harlan Coben's latest drama Fool Me Once, starring Michelle Keegan and Richard Armitage, has certainly been a huge hit with viewers.
Hitting the top spot on Netflix over the last few weeks, Fool Me Once is an eight x 60 minute TV thriller based on the best-selling novel of the same, which came out back in 2016 and was adored by fans.
Whilst some people have binged the entire series already, and others are still making their way through it, fans have been taking to social media to express their love for the drama, with many praising Michelle Keegan's acting skills in the process.
One wrote: 'Read the book… honestly wasn’t sure it would compare…. Blew me away! Couldn’t stop watching and went to bed at 3.41am 😂🤣'. (sic)
Another added: 'Omg excellent Michelle didn't want it to end ! Please do another drama', with a third writing: Watched every episode back to back - brilliant. Loved you in Our Girl, but you were something else in this - amazing'. (sic)
A fourth commented about the series: 'LOVING IT SO FAR 🙌❤️ BEST SHOW IN YEARS', with another excited fan writing: 'Episode 4 and loving it 🔥 proper binge worthy watch 🤩'. (sic)
Check out all of the first look photos below:
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After seeing the amazing support for the series, Michelle has now taken to social media to thank fans for their kind messages.
Re-sharing a post on X by Netflix which revealed the show has received a huge 37.1 million views in its first week, and hit the Top 10 in 91 countries, Michelle said: 'What a week!! 🙌🏽🤯 Thank you to everyone who’s watched ‘Fool Me Once'. (sic)
According to Netflix, Fool Me Once: 'Follows Maya Stern (Michelle Keegan) who is trying to come to terms with the brutal murder of her husband, Joe (Richard Armitage). But when Maya installs a nanny-cam to keep an eye on her young daughter, she is shocked to see a man she recognises in her house. Her husband, who she thought was dead...
'Detective Sergeant Sami Kierce (Adeel Akhtar) leads the homicide investigation into Joe's death while grappling with secrets of his own. Meanwhile, Maya's niece and nephew, Abby and Daniel, are trying to find the truth about their mother's murder, several months earlier. Are the two cases connected? Fool Me Once follows these characters on a thrilling hunt for the truth that will reveal shocking secrets and change their lives forever. Joanna Lumley is Judith Burkett, Joe’s protective mother.'
Check out all of the other Harlan Cohen dramas on Netflix:
The Stranger
Release date: 2020
Series: 1
Cast: Richard Armitage, Siobhan Finneran and Jennifer Saunders.
Synopsis: When a stranger makes a shocking claim about his wife, family man Adam Price becomes entangled in a mystery as he desperately searches for answers.
Safe
Release date: 2018
Series: 1
Cast: Michael C. Hall, Amanda Abbington and Marc Warren.
Synopsis: After his teenage daughter goes missing, a widowed surgeon in an affluent neighbourhood begins unearthing dark secrets about the people closest to him.
Stay Close
Release date: 2021
Series: 1
Cast: Cush Jumbo, James Nesbitt and Richard Armitage.
Synopsis: When Carlton Flynn vanishes 17 years to the night after Stewart Green did, it sets off a chain reaction in the lives of people connected to both men.
Gone For Good
Release date: 2021
Series: 1
Cast: Finnegan Oldfield, Nicolas Duvauchelle and Guillaume Gouix.
Synopsis: Ten years after losing two loved ones, a man is plunged into another dizzying mystery when his girlfriend vanishes.
The Innocent
Release date: 2021
Series: 1
Cast: Mario Casas, Alexandra Jiménez and Aura Garrido.
Synopsis: An accidental killing leads a man down a dark hole of intrigue and murder. Just as he finds love and freedom, one phone call brings back the nightmare.
The Woods
Release date: 2020
Series: 1
Cast: Grzegorz Damięcki, Agnieszka Grochowska and Hubert Miłkowski.
Synopsis: Evidence found on the body of a homicide victim sparks hope in a prosecutor that his sister who disappeared 25 years earlier could still be alive.
Fool Me Once
Release date: 1st January 2024
Series: 1
Cast: Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage, Joanna Lumley and Emmett J. Scanlan
Synopsis: The series follows Maya Stern who is trying to come to terms with the brutal murder of her husband.
Fool Me Once is available now on Netflix.
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