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Her ''Margaret Thatcher''..

posted 3 years ago by holly61 (910)
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While she got some of the mannerisms down she made Thatcher sound like a dying, winded elderly woman with that the voice she did. Thatcher also had much more of a masculine edge, especially in her late political career. Gillian tried but failed.

[–] TheKeel (102) 3 years ago

I think that Gillian Anderson was much more interested in getting to the essence of the character over trying to copy mannerisms, and in this respect she gave a much more interesting and nuanced and intelligent performance that it would have been if she had stuck to mere impersonation.