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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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As told to Kate Abbott and Catherine Shoard

‘The fists were up and ready’: working with the returning Glenda Jackson

Glenda Jackson in Mothering Sunday.
‘She doesn’t just inhabit a role, she possesses it’ …Glenda Jackson in Mothering Sunday. Photograph: Robert Viglasky Photography/ Number 9 Films

‘Her character had to have a bath. Glenda just stripped all her clothes off and got in!’

Aisling Walsh, director, Elizabeth is Missing (2019): As a girl, I’d seen Glenda on screen as Elizabeth in Mary, Queen of Scots and I never thought for a moment I’d get to work with her. It was the greatest privilege of my career.

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