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'She's better than Charlize Theron!' Michelle Keegan 'attracts the attention of Hollywood directors after her performance in Our Girl'

Published: 15:33 EST, 13 August 2016 | Updated: 17:46 EST, 13 August 2016

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She made her name playing Tina in ITV's Coronation Street.

But it seems that Michelle Keegan's fate could lay a million miles away from the Weatherfield cobbles - after attracting interest from Hollywood producers.

The 29-year-old has been filming the BBC's Our Girl in South Africa, where a number of Hollywood movies are made, and she's caught the eye of studio honchos, while her stunt co-ordinator says she is better than Charlize Theron.

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High praise indeed! Michelle Keegan's fate could lay a million miles away from the Weatherfield cobbles - after attracting interest from Hollywood producers

Paul Pieterse told The Sunday People: 'The Hollywood interest has all come out of her performance in Our Girl 2. She's very good.

'Cape Town is a hub of new movies and people come here from the US to scour for new talent. There's a lot of big money being spent here.

'Michelle has now shown her diversity in Our Girl 2. Can her looks and body match up to Hollywood's women? Absolutely yes. Michelle is a belter, no two ways about that, and pictures don't do her credit.

Comparison: A member of Michelle's crew believes she's better than Charlize Theron

Action heroine: Michelle is also busy starring in the ITV football drama Tina and Bobby

'I did The Last Face with Charlize Theron and I don't rate her the same way I rate Michelle Keegan.

'I think Charlize was very lucky, in the right place at the right time, and the same thing will apply to Michelle. If she gets the right part she's going all the way.'

Former soap star Michelle - who is married to ex TOWIE star Mark Wright - also stars in the upcoming Tina and Bobby, where she plays the first wife of footballer Bobby Moore.

Back in the day: Michelle started off her TV career as tough-n-ready Tina in Corrie

On the front line: The first look at the former Coronation Street star in the role of Corporal Georgie Lane features her receiving her assignment to go on a humanitarian mission to Kenya

The original series of Our Girl drew 6.3 million viewers, though Stacey Slater actress Lacey Turner has returned to her soap career with EastEnders since the big show.

It is Michelle's big return to work after settling into married life with television personality Mark, who originally found fame on The Only Way Is Essex.

She has also appeared in Drunk History and BBC's Ordinary Lies.