Gillian Anderson bears a striking resemblance to Emily Maitlis for new Netflix movie

Running through a London park, Gillian Anderson bears a striking resemblance to Emily Maitlis as she portrays the journalist in a new film about her infamous ‘car crash’ Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew.

The 54-year-old X-Files star was filmed jogging in Hyde Park portraying Ms Maitlis, an avid runner. for the Netflix production Scoop.

Mrs. Anderson was dressed in navy leggings, a zip-up jacket and scarf, and even Asics sneakers similar to Mrs. Maitlis’s.

The scenes are some of the first to be shot for the film and tell the story of how producer Sam McAlister landed the 2019 interview in which Andrew said he was at Pizza Express in Woking on the night he allegedly had sex with the teenager . Virginia Roberts – claims he vehemently denies.

Running through a London park, Gillian Anderson bears a striking resemblance to Emily Maitlis as she portrays the journalist in a new film

ALL IN HER STEP: Gillian Anderson films scenes as Mrs. Maitlis

STARTING THE PACE: Ms Maitlis was jogging in Kensington Gardens in 2014

Rufus Sewell plays Prince Andrew, starring Billie Piper as Mrs. McAlister.

The film, due out next year, is based on Ms McAlister’s book, Scoops: Behind The Scenes Of The BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews, which was released last year.

However, the photos are likely to annoy Ms. Maitlis, who is currently working on her own rival TV series. She has reportedly signed a deal with Blueprint Pictures to produce a drama about the events leading up to the interview and its aftermath.

Although it was Ms McAlister who persuaded Prince Andrew to be interviewed, Ms Maitlis, 52, and former Newsnight editor Esme Wren publicly claimed to have secured the exclusive title in an interview with Radio Times magazine.

Ms McAlister has now left the BBC, where some of her former colleagues are reportedly angry that she revealed the truth about how the interview came about.