London
(ANI):
Former
X
Files
star
Gillian
Anderson
is
set
to
appear
in
a
racy
BBC2
drama
about
Victorian
prostitutes.
The
actress
will
join
Atonement's
Romola
Garai,
Richard
E
Grant,
the
IT
Crowd's
Chris
O'Dowd
and
Mark
Gatiss
in
the
four-parter,
'The
Crimson
Petal
and
the
White".
Romola
plays
Sugar,
a
hooker
plucked
from
the
brothel
by
a
wealthy
man.
"It's
a
really
fresh
and
surprising
cast
that
will
bring
this
provocative
tale
to
life," the
Mirror
quoted
a
BBC
spokesman
as
saying.