‘Anatomy of a Scandal’ Stars on the Netflix Show’s Story of ‘Seemingly Perfect Lives Exploding Into Chaos’
thewrap.com“Anatomy of a Scandal,” which dropped Friday, he and fellow creator Melissa James Gibson have put together a dark and twisty limited series involving political figures, criminal accusations, and the unique traditions of the justice system on the other side of the pond.Starring Sienna Miller, Michelle Dockery, Rupert Friend and Naomi Scott, the series follows the lives of Sophie (Miller) and James (Friend) after he, a British politician and member of the upper class, is accused by a former coworker with whom he had an extramarital affair, Olivia (Scott), of sexual assault.
Dockery plays Kate Woodcroft, a QC (Queen’s counsel) barrister prosecuting James. Just like “Big Little Lies,” Kelley’s latest series (which is based on the novel from Sarah Vaughan) is complex and full of plot twists.
And all of the actors had a full set of scripts before filming the series, so they knew ahead of time exactly where things were headed.“We were all given all six scripts to begin with, so we got to see the entire story and we read, some of us, well, most of us by the sounds of it, all read the book so that we have a sort of source of where the story came from,” Dockery told TheWrap. “I am a very big David E.
Kelley fan and so I was really excited when I when I got this script and … these stories he does, he does so well at executing them.“These stories of these seemingly perfect lives exploding into chaos is really entertaining,” she continued. “I think people really love seeing that.
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