Beloved actress Brenda Blethyn, best known for her role as DCI Vera Stanhope in Vera, has had a long and impressive career. But in a recent interview, she made a surprising confession—there was one major role she turned down, and she still regrets it to this day.“I was offered a role in a project that, at the time, I didn’t think was quite right for me,” Blethyn revealed. “Looking back now, I sometimes wonder, ‘What if?’”While she didn’t name the film outright, sources close to the actress hint that it was a part in a critically acclaimed Oscar-winning drama. Some speculate she was considered for the role of Molly Weasley in Harry Potter, while others believe she was in the running for a major part in The Crown.“I have no complaints about my career,” Blethyn added with a laugh. “But every actor has that one ‘almost’ role that lingers in the back of their mind.”Fans have since taken to social media to speculate about what the role might have been—and many agree that whatever it was, Brenda Blethyn would have been brilliant in it.
