NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The X-Files and The Crown icon Gillian Anderson says Constance, the character she plays in the gritty new western, The Abandons, is shocked to find another fierce woman standing in the way of her business expansion plans.
Premiering Thursday on Netflix, the drama was created by Sons of Anarchy writer-producer Kurt Sutter and takes place in 19th century Washington state.
It pits Anderson's wealthy Constance against Lena Headey's Fiona, who won't give up the land where she houses orphans just because Constance wants the silver beneath it.
"I have a righteous pursuit and there is one thing that is in the way of that pursuit and I'm also not used to not getting what it is that I want," Anderson, 57, told UPI in a Zoom interview Wednesday.
"One way or another, I'm used to an easier course than what happens in the story," she said. "But I'm used to being able to buy or convince or manipulate my way and the fact that I can't seem to do that with this woman is absolutely infuriating to me."
