Lessons are over: Actress Emma McKee, who plays the viewers' favorite Maeve Wiley in the hit Netflix series "Sex Education", announced that she will not participate in the fifth season of the series - if and when it is approved by the streaming giant.
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In fact, the fourth season of Sex Education, which recently wrapped filming and is scheduled to air later this year, will be the British-French actress' last in the role of the rebellious but kind-hearted high school student - and she will have a limited role in it as well.
"Sex Education", photo: Netflix
27-year-old McKee confirmed the details yesterday (Sunday), when she arrived at the BAFTA (British "Oscar") awards ceremony, where she won the "Rising Star" award. When the talented actress was asked if she would return for another season of "Sex Education", She replied "Season five?
I just finished filming the fourth season last week!
No, I don't think I'll be in the fifth season."
The truth is that quite a few beloved characters are expected to say goodbye to the acclaimed production in its next two seasons.
Actresses Patricia Allison (Ola), Tanya Reynolds (Lily), Simone Ashley (Olivia) and Ricky Thakkar (Teacher Emily) will not be participating in the fourth season at all, while Shotty Gatwa (Eric) announced earlier this month that the fourth season will be his last, after receiving An offer you can't refuse: portraying the iconic character of the alien Doctor Who in the famous science fiction series.
Emma McKee at the BAFTA Awards, photo: EPA
So with so many departures, who actually stays in the hormone-busting town of Mordale?
Fear not, as the lead stars the beautiful Asa Butterfield (Otis) and Gillian Anderson (Jean), as well as Conor Swindles (Adam), Mimi Keane (Robbie), Kedar Williams-Stirling (Jackson) and Alistair Petrie (The Manager- ex Groff) have not yet said their last word, and they will all appear in the fourth season at least.
Asa Butterfield,
Also, the Canadian actor Dan Levy (star and creator of "Sheet's Creek") will join the series and play a famous and charming writer - who also happens to teach Maeve at the prestigious college in the USA, to which she transferred at the end of the third season after receiving a scholarship to study overseas. A reason for Otis to be jealous? Sure.
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