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Posted at 9:36 AM (PDT) on Monday, August 1, 2011

A chat with Gillian Anderson of STARZ "Moby Dick"
by Will Harris
Interview Date: 07/29/2011
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BE: What was it like playing Elizabeth? As mentioned, it’s not one that’s really appeared in previous adaptations.

Gillian: I mean, my understanding, from what Nigel has said in the past, being the one who adapted it, is that it was a way to bring the community that you see out on the boat…he said today that she represented all of the other women that were left behind. And that’s a very important aspect of the community section of the story, in that she represents the female contingent that has their own experience when the men get on the boat and go off and…their fates often follow the same as Ahab’s. And, also, I think it humanizes Ahab in a way that he’s not necessarily humanized in the novel.

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