Female ambition is such a complicated thing to play because it is an aggressive quality and people respond very badly to women exhibiting any kind of aggression. Actually when I play Bel at her most assertive, every single director we have had on The Hour has said to me, ‘That was really great but can you do it again and make her a bit less aggressive?’ Yet I know if it was a male character that kind of ambition would be perceived as strength.
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