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Gillian Anderson says she's cast as brainy women because of her 'intellectual resting face'
The actress, who was Margaret Thatcher in The Crown, will play Maitlis in Netflix 's Scoop on April 5.
Speaking about her new role playing former BBC Newsnight host Emily Maitlis, Anderson, 55, told the Observer magazine: 'I have a tendency to be cast as those types of women who have unbelievable brains because my resting face is intellectual, as if I'm thinking about Proust or the world order. The film portrays the behind-the-scenes drama of the presenter's infamous Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew about his links to sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein. Anderson's version has Rufus Sewell as the prince, and Billie Piper as former Newsnight producer Sam McAlister, who helped secure the royal interview and was on set.
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