Derry Girls stars reveal hopes for characters in 10 years

Derry Girls is nearly over, but that doesn't mean it's the end of the road for the beloved characters.

The show's actors have now shared what they believe their characters will be doing in 10 years time, and there are some pretty interesting ideas in there.

Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlin, who plays Clare Devlin, explained: "I feel like Clare probably goes to Queen’s University, meets a girlfriend, falls completely in love.

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"The girlfriend writes poetry and smokes, and drinks red wine. Clare still dresses like a giant toddler."

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Dylan Llewellyn, who plays James Maguire, added: "The only thing I can come up with for James is like an astronaut, or he could be a young Steven Spielberg. Maybe win a few awards, a few Oscars."

Erin Quinn actress Saoirse-Monica Jackson also shared her thoughts, saying: "I’ve always wanted to meet Erin in her twenties! I’d love to see her when she’s peeled back those layers and things have settled down more with herself. Your twenties are so turbulent as well and you’re still trying to figure yourself out and have imposter syndrome, but you don’t have that naïveté and freshness of a teenager. So I’d love to see what she’s like then.

"I think she’d have quite an exciting life which, as always, she’ll find hard to manage, but she’ll be lucky enough to still have these amazing people around her.

"They’ll definitely all still be friends. These people are based on Lisa's group of friends that are all still amazing friends."

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Jamie-Lee O'Donnell agreed the gang would still be pals, adding: "I think Lisa has developed these characters to the point where you could do a million spin offs, you could do a million prequels.

"I think Michelle will work in a bookies and then end up owning a chain of them like an absolute boss. She’d work to the max.

"She’ll still be friends with the girls. They’re besties, and they’ll be friends for life. There will be more shenanigans.

"These sorts of people don't just go through life being normal with no madness."

And what about sister Michael? "I think the girls would all be in jail, and Sister Michael will be on a tropical island, sipping a mojito, still wearing the habit, but rolling it up to go paddling in the waves," Siobhan McSweeney said.

The show's writer and creator Lisa McGee has her own ideas of where she thinks everyone ends up. "I think a lot about what they’re all doing," she said. "I’d love Ma Mary and Aunt Sarah to solve a crime."

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"Michelle’s a DJ. Erin’s a novelist. Clare’s a top barrister somewhere. And James is a filmmaker. He’s very good, actually. In this season his mum sends him a camcorder and he starts making films, so you see the beginnings of that."

McGee continued: "I love those characters. They feel like real people to me, so it’s going to be weird not talking to them for a while because I’ve been talking to them every day since we started. It’s going to be strange."

The Derry Girls final episode aired last night (18 May) 9pm on Channel 4, and is available to stream on All 4.