“A Very British Scandal”, Claire Foy and Paul Bettany for the Duchess of Argyll scandal

«The Dirty Duchess», sporcacciona. Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, received vulgar treatment from the press when, in 1963, she filed for divorce from her second husband. Back then, several images were made public: Margaret Campbell, a Duchess, in love with an unknown man. A scandal, which Amazon and BBC One wanted to give a new, and more current, reading. The two production houses, together, have decided to transform the story of the Duchess of Argyll, her divorce from the Duke, in the second season of an anthological series.

A Very English Scandal, whose first season was played (masterfully) by Hugh Grant, will have another chapter, renamed A Very British Scandal. Claire Foy, Queen Elizabeth of The Crown, will be the Duchess of Argyll, Paul Bettany, star on WandaVision, his husband. The scandal will be the same as it was then, but a new reading will overturn the assumptions. “Writing the story of Margaret’s life and the events leading up to her divorce from the Duke was one of my projects since 1993, when I first heard her name and got to know her,” said Sarah Phelps, screenwriter. of the series, explaining how “I felt strongly that she was being punished for being a woman, for being visible, for refusing to give up, being a good girl and walking away in silence. This drama is my tribute to her ». A tribute in which we will try to understand if «the institutional misogyny was (already) widespread at the time », in the Second World War.

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