From her iconic stint as companion Amy Pond<\/a> in Doctor Who<\/a>, to playing Nebula in the Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a> and also starring in the Jumanji<\/a> films as Ruby Roundhouse, Gillan has made the successful crossover stateside. But even so, Gillan has now said that her upcoming project is actually her favourite yet.<\/p>\n Set to star as news anchor Madeline Crow in ITV\u2019s Douglas Is Cancelled<\/a>, Gillan was asked how the new four-part series ranks in the list of productions she\u2019s done so far.<\/p>\n She revealed: \u201cThis is definitely my favourite project of all time. I think that\u2019s partially because it\u2019s the hardest thing I\u2019ve ever done. Having to memorise that much dialogue was unbelievably challenging.<\/p>\n \u201cOne episode is almost entirely in an interview setting, and we\u2019re just sitting down and talking to each other. That\u2019s an hour that you have to fill with just talking. So that\u2019s a lot of talk! That was just scary for me.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued: \u201cI feel like the hardest thing for me to do as a person is to sit down and talk. I have a lot of jittery, nervous energy that I like to channel into moving around or a big emotion.<\/p>\n \u201cSo in that particular episode, I didn\u2019t 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Of course, Gillan is reunited with her former Doctor Who<\/a> showrunner Steven Moffat<\/a> for the upcoming comedy-drama<\/a>, which sees her co-anchor Douglas (Hugh Bonneville) come under fire for comments made at a cousin\u2019s wedding.<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n While viewers will only learn what Douglas actually said right at the tail end of the series, the show will follow Douglas\u2019s ongoing social media storm as his words are dissected and he struggles to contain the problem at hand.<\/p>\n For Gillan, it\u2019s even more of a Doctor Who reunion of sorts as she\u2019s also reunited with Alex Kingston<\/a>, revealing that filming with so many old friends from Doctor Who felt like \u201ccoming home\u201d.<\/p>\n As well as Gillan lauding Douglas Is Cancelled as her favourite project of all time, Bonneville is similarly full of praise for the show, admitting that he was first drawn into leading the show by Moffat\u2019s script.<\/p> He said: \u201cIt constantly surprised me with its changes of direction and tone. It made me roar with laughter but, as with all good satire, the laughter gradually turned to ice as the questions raised by the comedy became more stark\u2026 harsher.<\/p>\n \u201cSome of the twists and turns are toe-curlingly funny, but by the end, the lights have gone out, the fun has evaporated and we\u2019re into dark territory.\u201d<\/p>\n Similarly, Kingston \u2013 who plays the role of Bonneville\u2019s onscreen wife and newspaper editor Sheila \u2013 said: \u201cI\u2019d say what appealed first of all was that the piece was written by Steven Moffat. I would do anything that Steven wrote because he\u2019s just such a brilliant writer.<\/p>\n \u201cThe characters he creates are such a delight to play. I\u2019ve had that experience of working with him on Doctor Who. It was just a joy to read the script. I laughed out loud. I even cried with laughter in some places. It\u2019s so superbly written.\u201d<\/p>\n Douglas Is Cancelled will air on ITV1 and ITVX on Thursday 27th June 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0<\/b>Drama<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<\/b>TV Guide<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/b>Streaming Guide<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.\u00a0For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/b>The Radio Times Podcast<\/b><\/span><\/a>.<\/b><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n The Marvel and Doctor Who star is full of praise for the new ITV comedy-drama. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":53452,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/karen-gillan-says-douglas-is-cancelled-is-her-favourite-project-of-all-time.jpg",8256,5504,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/karen-gillan-says-douglas-is-cancelled-is-her-favourite-project-of-all-time-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/karen-gillan-says-douglas-is-cancelled-is-her-favourite-project-of-all-time-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/karen-gillan-says-douglas-is-cancelled-is-her-favourite-project-of-all-time-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/karen-gillan-says-douglas-is-cancelled-is-her-favourite-project-of-all-time-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/karen-gillan-says-douglas-is-cancelled-is-her-favourite-project-of-all-time-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/karen-gillan-says-douglas-is-cancelled-is-her-favourite-project-of-all-time.jpg",2048,1365,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":"The Marvel and Doctor Who star is full of praise for the new ITV comedy-drama.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/53451"}],"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:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Hugh](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/douglas-is-cancelled-97a3f75.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"douglas-is-cancelled\\"\/")
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