# ‘Bridgerton’ Breakout Hannah Dodd to Lead Lucas Jones’ Romantic Drama ‘Miss You Forever, Zara Drake’ (EXCLUSIVE)

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bridgerton-breakout-hannah-dodd-to-lead-lucas-jones-romantic-drama-miss-you-forever-zara-drake-exclusive/
- Published: 2026-10-23T09:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T09:09:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/global/hannah-dodd-romantic-drama-miss-you-forever-zara-drake-1236922171/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Europe, Film, Geopolitics, Politics, TV, UK, World

## Key points

- Hannah Dodd will lead her first film.
- Lucas Jones is directing and co-starring.
- Filming is planned for spring 2027.

## Summary

Hannah Dodd, who plays Francesca in “Bridgerton”, has been cast in her first leading film role in romantic drama “Miss You Forever, Zara Drake”. Actor and poet Lucas Jones will co-star and make his feature directing debut, with the story exploring love, trauma and the costs of success.

The film follows Zara Drake, whose rising fame is followed by her apparent disappearance a year after falling in love with Isaac Owens, frontman of a fading band. Set between New York and England and drawing on the 1990s fashion scene, it is due to shoot in the UK and US in spring 2027. Jones is producing with Eli Banfield for Maryland Films.

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