Warning: This article contains spoilers about season 2 ofThe Great.
Gillian Andersonhas learned a new word: Defenestration.
“I didn’t know what that word was.
Gillian Anderson in ‘The Great’ season 2.Hulu
In it, she plays Joanna, mother of Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning).
She’s a tornado of a woman who throws the entire court and all its characters into disarray.
“I thought it was brilliant, a brilliant way to end things,” she adds.
To do it, three different set-ups were used.
The second was the exterior of the palace, with the airbags at the bottom to fall onto.
And, yes, Anderson did actually get to fall herself.
“I did fall backwards and onto the airbag, which was much fun,” she says.
The last set-up involved her actually lying on the dirt.
When she’s told that he said this, Anderson replies, “Did he?
Oh, that’s funny.
Well, I can always be a ghost.”
And would she be open to coming back in that capacity?
“Oh, totally.
Totally open to coming back and haunting thehellout of their schloss,” she says.
