Gillian Anderson

IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT'S TRUE ABOUT GILLIAN ANDERSON, IT'S THAT she isn't afraid of a challenge.

- H. Alan Scott

And that's exactly what she's doing in her new film, tackling the role of journalist Emily Maitlis in Netflix's Scoop (April 5), which documents the team behind the bombshell 2019 BBC interview with Prince Andrew over his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein. For Anderson, who won an Emmy for playing Margaret Thatcher in The Crown, she didn't see it as another project about the royal family. "It wasn't until afterwards when people started asking me that and I was like, 'Really? Well, I didn't even think about it." [laughs] What stood out to Anderson was the various portrayals of women involved in making the interview happen. "They are all incredibly powerful forces in their own rights, but also complete