Gillian Anderson, Who Played Margaret Thatcher on ‘The Crown,’ Says the Show Ended at Just the Right Time

Gillian Anderson.

Once again, Gillian Anderson is playing a royally adjacent role in a project, this time starring as BBC journalist Emily Maitlis in Netflix’s film Scoop, out April 5. The movie chronicles the disastrous 2019 Newsnight interview between Maitlis and Prince Andrew, which effectively ended his royal career, as the Duke of York announced he would step back from royal duties just days after the BBC broadcast the interview. (The most damaging parts of the interview centered around Andrew’s relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.)

Anderson played U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in season four of Netflix's "The Crown." (Image credit: Getty Images)