Game of Thrones’ Star Maisie Williams to Lead New Drama-Doc Cyber Bully

LONDON: Channel 4 has commissioned a new drama-doc, Cyber Bully (working title), which stars Maisie Williams of Game of Thrones fame.

In the new commission, Williams plays a teenage girl battling with her anonymous cyber-stalker in a real-time thriller, which comes from the makers of Blackout. The plot is inspired by the dozens of real-life cases.

Nick Mirsky, Channel 4's head of documentaries, said, “It is one of the most important purposes of Channel 4 to find new ways of engaging young audiences with the cyber world and the stories that play out on the internet. This film does exactly that in a way that is gripping, relevant and fiercely public service.”

Director Ben Chanan said, “The audience will be trapped with Casey for a full screen hour and we need an exceptional actress to play her. I couldn’t imagine anyone else in the role. Maisie Williams is not only remarkably talented, she also has an immediately likeable, feisty screen presence which makes you root for her instinctively.”