\u201cI feel like with every character that I play there are always similarities. There\u2019s something that you can take from one and see in the other,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cKate Woodcroft is as stoic as Lady Mary. And I think if Lady Mary had to put on the robe and the wig, I think she would probably hold her own in a courtroom like Kate Woodcroft.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Anatomy of a Scandal<\/a>, which is based on Sarah Vaughan\u2019s best-selling book of the same name<\/a>, is a six-part series co-starring Sienna Miller, the wife of a prominent Conservative politician accused of rape.<\/p>\n Meanwhile Kate Woodcroft, QC, specialises in sexual assault crimes, and begins a cut-throat prosecution that threatens to tear Westminster apart.<\/p>\n \u201cKate was a really interesting character to play because there\u2019s lots of layers to her,\u201d Dockery teased.<\/p>\n \u201cShe has lots of boundaries, and her personality is quite unreadable. So it was interesting playing someone who even I was discovering as I went along. And what was important for me was playing that slightly closed-off natured person.<\/p> \u201cShe\u2019s quite detached from people, even [in] the relationship that you see that she has with Richard. It suits her that he is unavailable. And I think that is a way of protecting herself because she has been hurt very deeply.<\/p>\n \u201cPart of the performance was playing that stoicism and not letting anybody in. And then of course, as the show goes on, you see [she] begins to unravel, which I think is really interesting,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Additional reporting by Abby Robinson.<\/em><\/p>\n Anatomy of a Scandal is streaming on Netflix<\/a><\/strong> now. Check out more of our Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a> to see what else is on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Flora Carr Published: Sunday, 17 April 2022 at 12:00 am Anatomy of a Scandal\u2019s Michelle Dockery has compared her on-screen character Kate Woodcroft to Downton Abbey\u2019s Lady Mary Crawley, the iconic role Dockery plays in the ITV series and film franchise. Speaking to RadioTimes.com and other press, Dockery mentioned similarities between criminal barrister Kate, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Flora Carr Published: Sunday, 17 April 2022 at 12:00 am Anatomy of a Scandal\u2019s Michelle Dockery has compared her on-screen character Kate Woodcroft to Downton Abbey\u2019s Lady Mary Crawley, the iconic role Dockery plays in the ITV series and film franchise. Speaking to RadioTimes.com and other press, Dockery mentioned similarities between criminal barrister Kate,…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/13981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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