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Charlotte Hope on living in the minds of serial killers in ‘Catch Me A Killer’

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Casting is a crucial part of the filmmaking process. It can make or break a TV series or film.

As such, when it came to looking for an actress to play Micki Pistorius, South Africa’s first-ever serial killer profiler, the net was cast wide.

And British actress Charlotte Hope, best known for her role as Myranda in the cult fantasy series Game of Thrones, was cast as the lead in Catch Me A Killer, which is based on Pistorius’s autobiography of the same title.

The 11-part true-crime series is set in the mid-’90s. It follows Pistorius, a recently qualified forensic psychologist who joins the SAPS to track down

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