MICHELLE Keegan gushed over Hollywood superstar, Reese Witherspoon, at a glitzy event in London.
The Brassic actress posed with the Academy Award winning star and they were seen getting on very well as they chatted excitedly.
She met Reese at an event for her new book, Gone Before Goodbye, which she co-authored with best selling crime author, Harlen Coben.
Michelle recently starred in Fool Me Once, one of Harlen’s many adapted series on Netflix.
She shared a series of photos of her posing closely with Reese and another video of her chatting with Reese as Harlen watched on happily.
“When two genuises collide.. ‘Gone Before Goodbye’ is made! 📖 (I can confirm Reese Witherspoon is everything you’d imagined her to be, what a woman),” Michelle captioned the post on Instagram.
Reese later responded to her post writing, “So wonderful to meet you .. finally!”
Gone Before Goodbye is Reese’s debut novel and tells the story of surgeon Maggie who after a series of personal tragedies is offered an intriguing opportunity by a former colleague.
Michelle also shared a series of her posing at the Southbank Centre in London where the event was held.
Her brush with Hollywood royalty comes after The Sun was first to reveal how Michelle’s BBC series Ten Pound Poms had been scrapped after two series.
The show’s axe comes as the ex-Coronation Street star waves goodbye to hit comedy Brassic on Sky, just as she’s returning to work after becoming a first time mum, to daughter Palma Elizabeth.
Period drama Ten Pound Poms followed a group of British citizens who emigrated from post-war Britain to Australia in the 1950s, with Michelle playing nurse Kate Thorne.
A BBC spokesperson said: “It’s been a joy to bring the story of the Ten Pound Poms to life for BBC viewers and we are really grateful to Danny Brocklehurst, Eleven and all the cast and crew who have worked on the series.”
The gentle drama made a splash when it first aired in May 2023, with 6.37million viewers but that had halved to 3.15million by the end of series two in April this year.
She is busy on a new thriller called The Blame for ITV, though, after time off to have baby Palma with husband Mark Wright.