Actress Alex Kingston, 61, has shared her honest opinions on cancel culture as she prepares to return to screens on ITV's new drama based on the subject.
Kingston will star in Douglas in Cancelled later this month, a series created by Steven Moffat in which a respected newsreader's world is turned upside down.
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Ahead of its release, Kingston admitted she finds cancel culture a "terrifying" phenomenon, adding: "(It's) sort of fascistic, really.
"I don't think people realise how dangerous cancelling people is, what that has meant historically."
"My generation is treading on eggshells, not knowing whether what you say will unintentionally hurt somebody."
One aspect of modern life Kingston admits she struggles with is correctly identifying someone's preferred gender pronouns.
"I get really confused about pronouns, for instance," Kingston told the Telegraph. "I'm just not confident with how and when to use them."
Exposing the flaws she feels lie with those who make it their mission to cancel someone, she added: "There is no empathy or sympathy, opinions are immediate and black and white.
"I hope we'll start coming back to a place where people can be kinder to each other, both in thinking about what they're going to say and hearing what's being said."
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