Gillian Anderson reveals Emily Maitlis declined to meet her despite the actress playing her in Prince Andrew film Scoop
Daily MailWhen acting stars gear up to portray a real-life person they generally spend as much time with them as possible in order to nail down their mannerisms and idiosyncrasies. But Gillian Anderson had to resort to watching hours of Newsnight footage while preparing for her role in Scoop as Emily Maitlis declined to meet her in her person. But Ms Maitlis, 53, refused to meet with Ms Anderson in the lead up to filming as she is working on her own project based on the sensational televised interview, Grazia reports. Gillian Anderson had to resort to watching hours of Newsnight footage while preparing for her role in Scoop as Emily Maitlis declined to meet her in her person The veteran, award-winning actress, 55, is playing the former BBC presenter in Netflix's dramatization of her jaw-dropping 2019 interview with Prince Andew, adapted from Sam McAlister's book 'There were so many things to get wrong. Ms Maitlis, 53, refused to meet with Ms Anderson in the lead up to filming as she is working on her own project based on the sensational televised interview, Grazia reports Instead, The Crown actress spent her time trawling through footage of Ms Maitlis, listening to her The News Agents podcast and reading her autobiography Airhead Ms Anderson said that Ms Maitlis was 'placed on a pedestal, to a degree,' but 'a pedestal I think she deserved to be placed on' 'Ten days after a C-section.
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