ITV’s “Marcella” is the latest television drama to place a strong female character front-and-centre – and its star Anna Friel thinks it’s “about time”.
ITV’s “Marcella” is the latest television drama to place a strong female character front-and-centre – and its star Anna Friel thinks it’s “about time”.
Friel said that television has taken time to catch up to the audience’s hunger for female-led stories, reported Digital Spy.
“There’s no point beating around the bush – we’re in an age now when people are crying out for female protagonists,” she said.
“Why it’s separated from male protagonists is because there have been more of them – and maybe the girl’s just been the one on their arm. But the world is changing, rightly so, and we’re maybe having the attention and the spotlight is being put on to women. It’s about time, isn’t it?”
From “The Bridge” writer Hans Rosenfeldt, “Marcella” stars Friel in the title role – a retired police detective lured back to the job as her personal life crumbles around her.
“There’s no point doing something that’s already been done again, unless you can do it differently or better,” the Golden Globe nominee said of signing up to play a TV cop.
Friel described her character as almost “the opposite of a cop” – since she’s rejected her old lifestyle until an old case involving a serial killer surfaces
