Natalie Dormer will not promote “the lady” in the middle of the bonds of Sarah Ferguson Epstein
Natalie Dormer refused to promote The ladyThe next Bank Bank Pictures series for Britbox / ITV in which she plays Sarah Ferguson.
Dormer, better known for his work Game of Thronesmade the decision after a new revelation on Ferguson’s ties with Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire sex offender who died in prison in 2019.
Ferguson, Prince Andrew’s ex-wife, apologized to Epstein a month after having publicly renounced the man she described in private as a “dear friend”, according to an email seen by the Mail on Sunday.
“I know that you feel locked up by what you have been said or read and I must humbly apologize to you and your heart for that,” she wrote.
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Dormer signed up to play Ferguson in March, while the head of the series is Mia McKenna-Bruce, who plays the role of Jane Andrews, the old aid and a convenience royal. The lady The graphics of the rise and the fall of Andrews, whose fairy fairy tale has collapsed when it was found guilty of murder.
In a press release, first shared with VarietyDormer said: “When I agreed to play the role The ladyI knew that the representation of Sarah Ferguson of the script would need nuances. People are in diapers, their travels are full of ups and downs, and as an actor, my work is to look at these elements and give them life with honesty and empathy.
“Since the project, new information has been revealed that has made me impossible to reconcile my values with the behavior of Sarah Ferguson, which, I believe, is inexcusable. For this reason, I will not participate in the promotion of the project. ”
She continued: “In accordance with my commitment to the well-being of children, I gave all my salary of this project to the National Association for People Arevuied in childhood and at the Center of Expertise on Sexual Abuses on Children (organized by Barnardo).”
Based on real events surrounding the history of Andrews, the partially fictitious drama is the first royal project of Left Bank from Netflix Smash The crown concluded. Dormer said that the left bank was an “extraordinary business with which to collaborate and that I am grateful for the time we spent together”.
After the publication of Ferguson’s email and that charities for children have broken the ties with the Duchess of York, her spokesperson said that she “really regretted any association” with Epstein. The representative added that Ferguson wrote the email in order to counter the legal threats of Epstein.
A spokesperson for The lady was contacted for comment.
