“They were scared.”
“I phoned up and said, ‘Mum, mum, mum!
I got nominated for an Oscar!’
Mulligan told the publication.
“I applied to drama school instead of university and got rejected from every one.
Mulligan toldPeople TVshe “somehow miraculously got the job.
It was just this kind of crazy twist of fate.”
Mulligan played Kitty Bennett, the second youngest sibling of Elizabeth Bennett, played by Kiera Knightley.
Mulligan carried the episode without much interaction with The Doctor or his then-companion Martha, played by Freema Agyeman.
“It was a big deal.
It’s so a part of our culture here Doctor Who.
I grew up watchingDoctor Who, so to be in it was crazy.”
She said fans still send her photos of Sally Sparrow through the mail to autograph.
It was so much fun.”
The two attended the same church camp as kids and were childhood pen pals.
The couple drifted apart as teenagers and dated others before reconnecting as adults.
Since theCOVID-19 pandemicthough, the family has been on lockdown in their home.
“I got knitting stuff at the beginning of lockdown and I tried it once, and was like …
I can’t do this.
I can’t learn anything.
It drove me so crazy.”
