# Gillian Anderson in terrible in "The Crown"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gillian-anderson-in-terrible-in-the-crown/926880>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, netflix\
**Created:** [December 1, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gillian-anderson-in-terrible-in-the-crown/926880 "2020-12-01T01:40:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gillian-anderson-in-terrible-in-the-crown/926880/42 "2020-12-09T05:25:42Z")

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> [@SanVito](#):
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> Y’all know this is a figment of the writer’s imagination, right?

Well of course, but that’s the show.

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gillian-anderson-in-terrible-in-the-crown/926880/43 "2020-12-09T13:07:27Z")

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I agree that it doesn’t make much sense to say that a real person should be ashamed by what a fictionalized character did on TV.

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**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gillian-anderson-in-terrible-in-the-crown/926880/44 "2020-12-09T17:03:49Z")

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Having seen the whole series now, my view is that Gillian Anderson is tremendous in The Crown.

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