Jenna Coleman shared behind-the-scenes moments from her fashion clips ahead of her role on BBC One and the Netflix series The Serpent.
The 34-year-old actress has earned a reputation for her role as Marie-Andrée Leclerc of France, Charles Sobhraj’s murderous partner in a crime.
But it was Leclerc’s stunning clothing in the 70s that got people talking, from her big sunglasses to her colorful ensembles and wide leg trousers.
Jenna Coleman shared the background of the scenes from her amazing fashion clips from The Serpent on Instagram on Saturday
There it is: The actress, 34, has earned a reputation for her role as Marie-Andrée Leclerc of France, Canada, Charles Sobhraj’s criminal partner, who went by the name Monique
Spotted: Jenna pictured in the same blue shirt from responding in a scene from the show
The snake is an octagonal series based on the a true story of Charles, a murderer, a thief and a deceitful master, who was a hidden darkness in the mid-70s on the Asian hippie trail.
Jenna talked about fashion on the series with Vogue magazine recently.
She said: ‘ We had a lot of reference images and talked about wanting darkness [Brigitte] Vote Bardot. In my mind, Marie-Andrée was happy with magazines, especially Paris.
The idea was that she wanted to shed her French-Canadian identity and transform into someone else. Her look has floatiness to it and I gave her the idea to wear kimonos around the house.
Clear point: Jenna also shared this knot of her own with an orange shirt and flared jeans in knitting
Transformed: In the series, a darker shirt was worn and a patterned blue scarf was thrown into the mix.
The sunglasses are amazing too, and then what she wears in Paris.
‘We looked at images of Mick and we looked at images of Mick and Bianca Jagger, and that ‘s where we got the idea [Sobhraj and Leclerc’s] deise. I also had a partial wig because when we first meet Marie-Andrée she has really big hair. ‘
French Canadian Leclerc began her friendship with Sobhraj at the age of 30 after poisoning her male friend to ‘get him out of the way’, but Leclerc was ‘excited’ to meet a charismatic Sobhraj.
It wasn’t long before Leclerc learned how insecure and corrupt her new partner was, however, she still clung to him and even turned up the music while he was himself and a supporter push two victims to near death.
Check it out: Jenna also tried on a plaid shirt with jeans turned up in crumbs
He did it! The shirt was worn with longer sleeves and paired with flames and statement glasses in the show
Renowned artist Primrose attracted tourists and deceived them by donating their money for his scams, and if they refused to help he would help them with poisoning.
One of his first notorious victims, Teresa Knowlton, was an American tourist who was murdered at the age of 21 after being drowned in a bikini by Sobhraj and her henchman Ajay Chowdhury.
But instead of running from the scene, Leclerc claimed to be the victim of the murdered so she could pay thousands of pounds in checkers’ checks. travel they stole from her.
Sobhraj was first arrested in 1976 when he tried to administer a drug to an entire group of French students in New Dehli and one of them seized his plan and handed it over to the authorities. .
He spent a total of 21 years in prison in India where he was jailed for committing murder for poisoning a French tourist and killing an Israeli man. It was released in 1997.
Catching an eye: Jenna’s green suit looked stunning over a floral shirt
While in prison, authorities in Thailand tried to expand Sobhraj and threw a big party for both prisoners and guards. He drugged them all with sleeping pills and managed to walk out of jail.
He was captured and imprisoned for another 10 years for the incident until 1997.
He was again sued in Nepal in 2004 when he was jailed for the murder of U.S. tourist Connie Joe Bronzich in 1975.
In 2014, he was given a second life sentence for killing Canadian backpacker Laurent Carriere, who used his passport to flee Nepal after killing the couple.
Sobhraj has now been linked to 20 murders during the killing spree.
While imprisoned in Kathmandu, he married Sobhraj Biswas, 44, the daughter of his lawyer.
Leclerc maintained her innocence up to the time of her death at the age of 38, after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer while in prison in India.
She was allowed to return to Canada on condition that she return to India when her health improved.
Low-key: Jenna also shared those photos on social media