The disappearance is explored through the lens of a podcast. Did it make you think about the ethics of true crime storytelling?

I’m not a massive true crime fan but I do think it’s an interesting part of our psyche. What is that weird part of people that wants to look at a road accident when you drive past?

When I was working on The Serpent, I couldn’t stop reading about the case and wondered, ‘What is the pull?’ Is it because you’re trying to understand something that feels so inhumane, that you’re trying to break it down and understand how that can happen? There’s such a blurred line between shedding light and telling a story.

It raised some interesting questions about female rage. You see Ember’s fury rising and rising until she can’t hold it in. Why do you think we are so scared of female anger?

I think we’re scared both of it being expressed and of expressing it ourselves. Showing anger is seen as ugly and ungainly, so everything becomes internalised. It becomes toxic. You really see Ember’s rage in episode three, and filming it was so liberating. I struggle to feel rage, so it felt kind of amazing to walk into a pub and just unleash it all. In real life, I’d probably internalise and have an argument with myself and then send a meek email. It’s such an important emotion that isn’t expressed enough.

The Jetty is on BBC iPlayer now.

This article was originally published in the July issue of Stylist magazine.

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“It feels messy and knotty”: Jenna Coleman on female rage and detective thriller The Jetty