Gillian Anderson Talks Ignoring Politics To Play Margaret Thatcher On ‘The Crown’

The stars of “Normal People” has fun finally watching the series together, while turning it into a drinking game.

The Crown season 4 premiered on Netflix this week to both rave reviews and its fair share of controversy in regard to its dubious interpretations of history. Yet inaccuracies aside, this is nothing short of a delicious romp through the political, social and royal turmoil of 1980s Britain, delivered with a camp sense of pomp and ceremony.Directed by Benjamin Caron, this season packs in more scandal than both the Bold And The Beautiful and Days Of Our Lives combined.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Gillian Anderson, who can be seen on Netflix’s The Crown as Margaret Thatcher, has signed with UTA.The Hollywood talent agency has signed the actress, who broke through in Fox’s The X-Files, in all areas. Deadline understands that Anderson had been without a U.S.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Game Of Thrones and Project Blue Book actor Aidan Gillen is to front an ambitious genre-bending dramatized documentary series for Discovery’s Science Channel in which he plays a detective examining dangerous phenomena in the universe.Deadline understands that the six-part series is being produced by Warner Bros-owned UK production company Wall To Wall and has been shooting across the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic.

Almost 20 minutes into our conversation, Paul Bettany jokes that maybe he really is a “glass half empty” person. It’s been less than a week since Joe Biden was anointed the President-Elect of the United States, but the British born Bettany, who was just able to vote as an American citizen for the first time this year, is far from overjoyed.

Season 4 of The Crown portrays the rise of Margaret Thatcher, the conservative British prime minister who held the post from 1979 to 1990—and was the first woman to be sworn in for the role in the country's history. Outside politics, Margaret was married to Denis Thatcher, an English businessman, and the pair raised two children, twins Carol and Mark Thatcher, together.

As season four of “The Crown” hits Netflix, Emma Corrin is chatting to GQ Hype about playing Princess Diana.

Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Princess Margaret and other members of the British royal family during The Crown’s run.The Netflix series premiered in November 2016 with Claire Foy taking on the role of the queen. The actress went on to win an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her two seasons of work on the drama.

Taylor Swift has made a point of not talking about her relationship of four years with British actor Joe Alwyn in interviews. But for her conversation with Paul McCartney for Rolling Stone, the singer made a little exception and discussed—without naming Alwyn, of course—how being with her current partner and having a more private relationship has changed her.Swift was discussing her song "Peace" and how her relationship with Alwyn helped inspire it.

Paul Hollywood's ex Summer Monteys-Fullam has revealed on social media that the TV chef was a man of simple pleasures, and actually preferred "cheap sliced bread" at home.The 25-year-old was in a relationship with the Great British Bake Off judge, 54, for two years before their relationship crumbled.Summer didn't hold back as she told her followers all about Paul's food choices, even going on to admit that the baker simply "didn't bake" at home.Taking to her Instagram, the former barmaid

Chris Willman Music WriterIf you want to rue the pop music events that did not happen in 2020, you can add to the list the fact that Paul McCartney had planned to sing “Shake It Off” with Taylor Swift when they both would have been headlining the Glastonbury Festival in the UK this past summer.Not that Swift herself was aware of this. “It would’ve been great, wouldn’t it? And I was going to be asking you to play with me,” McCartney told Swift when they met up recently.

Stuart Ford's AGC Studios has optioned the film rights to The Englishman, the first in a planned book series from bestselling author David Gilman (Master of War).