We speak to the British actor about the politics of playing the former Prime Minister's wife
, which is airing in the UK after a lauded US run, she stars as ‘70s feminist author, Joyce, who ends up publishing her magazine with the help of a porn industry magnate. Series two has been commissioned straight off the bat. It may have been a long time coming, but Lovibond is finally where she belongs: at the front-and-centre of the action.
Yes, I was. That was one of the things that was so appealing about the stance that Michael was taking with it, was to make it reflect the human experience. The numbers and figures we were seeing reported were individual human beings with lives that were completely changed, and from the get-go the show is very much about the effect on human beings.
What do you make of Carrie? It feels like to some people she’s a Lady Macbeth figure, pushing Boris into making decisions, while others think she’s been made into a target by misogynists?
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