Emma Appleton wears fishnet stocking as she plays tragic punk Nancy Spungen in the new Sex Pistols drama

BRIT actress Emma Appleton is the fishnet big thing playing tragic punk Nancy Spungen in the new Sex Pistols drama. Nancy was the US girlfriend of Pistols’ bassist Sid Vicious before her mysterious death aged 20 in 1978. Toby Wallace, who plays guitarist Steve Jones, and Jacob Slater, cast as drummer Paul Cook, were also […]

BRIT actress Emma Appleton is the fishnet big thing playing tragic punk Nancy Spungen in the new Sex Pistols drama.

Nancy was the US girlfriend of Pistols’ bassist Sid Vicious before her mysterious death aged 20 in 1978.

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Actress Emma Appleton wears fishnet stockings to play tragic punk Nancy Spungen in the new Sex Pistols drama[/caption]

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Nancy was the US girlfriend of Pistols’ bassist Sid Vicious before her mysterious death aged 20 in 1978[/caption]

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Toby Wallace, who plays guitarist Steve Jones, and Jacob Slater, cast as drummer Paul Cook, were also seen filming[/caption]

Toby Wallace, who plays guitarist Steve Jones, and Jacob Slater, cast as drummer Paul Cook, were also seen filming in Peckham, South East London.

The six-part biopic is being directed by film legend Danny Boyle.

Danny has described the band’s emergence in the mid-Seventies as the moment that British society and culture changed forever.

The new TV biopic will tell the story of the God Save the Queen hitmakers, with filming kicking off this month.

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Director Danny Boyle has described the band’s emergence in the mid-Seventies as the moment that British society and culture changed forever[/caption]

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The new telly biopic will tell the story of the God Save the Queen hitmakers[/caption]

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The series – simply titled Pistol – is based on guitarist Steve Jones’ memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol[/caption]

The series – simply titled Pistol – is based on guitarist Steve Jones’ memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol.

The forthcoming FX drama will cover the band’s early rise to fame in West London and their link to Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren’s SEX shop in King’s Road.

Last month it was announced that Games of Thrones favourite Maisie Williams will star as punk icon Jordan – aka English model and Sex Pistols superfan Pamela Rooke – in the biopic.

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