"[I]t shot this two-day rape scene with a young actress and then they cut it. [...] I was in favour of them never having that rape scene but the fact she had to go through that and then the director went: "Actually I have decided I will cut it", as if he was the big hero. This kind of thing has to stop. But unfortunately you look at Netflix and you see the amount of violence against women in a lot of shows and you see we still have a long way to go."
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Mackichan is referring to a deleted scene in National Treasure, National Disgrace (2022), made for the UK's Channel 5 on the crimes of Jimmy Savile.
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Doon Mackichan
Sarah Doon Mackichan (/məˈkiːxən, -ˈiːkən/; born 7 August 1962) is a British actress, comedian and writer. She co-created, wrote and performed in the double-Emmy-award-winning Smack the Pony. She has frequently collaborated with Armando Iannucci and Steve Coogan, having played multiple characters in The Day Today, Brass Eye and Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and has also appeared in Toast of London and Two Doors Down. Mackichan was nominated for Best Female Comedy Performance at the
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