Gillian Anderson has revealed that BBC presenter Emily Maitlis declined to meet her in person whilst she was preparing to portray her in the upcoming Netflix film, Scoop. When preparing for a role, actors usually spend as much time as possible with the person they are portraying in order to perfect their mannerisms and idiosyncrasies. However, Anderson was forced to resort to watching hours of Newsnight footage of Maitlis, listening to her The News Agents podcast, and reading her autobiography Airhead while preparing for the role. Maitlis refused to meet with her in the lead-up to filming as t…
