Thats simply not the case forKaren Gillan.
The new miniseries,Douglas is Cancelled,is a four part ITV comedy coming later this month.
The show has stretched Gillan as an actor, and she recalls a particular episode that proved difficult.
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That’s an hour that you have to fill with just talking.
So that’s a lot of talk!
That was just scary for me."
I didn’t have anything to hide behind.
I just had to sit there and be in it and do the thing that really scares me.
And so it felt really nice to walk through the fire of something that was terrifying to me.
It felt like doing a play.
There was so much dialogue, and also so much that was not being said between the two characters.
I just loved it.
It was an acting dream.
It’s even bigger (on the inside)Doctor Whoreunion withSteven Moffatbehind the miniseries.
Moffat originallydeveloped the concept as a playbut reworked the commentary on cancel culture into the ITV dramedy.
Bonneville and Kingston both cite Moffat’s writing as the big draw to the project.
Bonneville says “it constantly surprised me with its changes of direction and tone.
“Gillansays working with so many familiarDoctor Whofaces felt like “coming home”.
Douglas is Cancelledwill air on ITV1 and ITVX on Thursday, June 27th.
