Gillian Anderson has told how her partner approached her about the possibility of playing Margaret Thatcher in The Crown.
Peter Morgan, who the star has been in a relationship with since 2016, is the creator and writer of the Netflix drama.
“He asked me whether I thought that I could do it,” Anderson told The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show.
Never underestimate the outsider.
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“And then when I said that I thought I could, he talked to the casting director Nina Gold, who informed him that I was already on the list.
“They fortunately had the same thought. Not quite sure why, but I’ll take it as a compliment,” she told the BBC Radio 2 show.
Anderson has previously discussed working with her partner.
“For our sanity, and actually for the benefit of the relationship, we had very clear boundaries: ‘I am not going to comment on the script, but you are not allowed to comment on the performance,'” she told Harper’s Bazaar.
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