Sharon Horgan reveals she became overcome with nerves when she met this legendary actress

Sharon Horgan has admitted she was a bag of nerves meeting legendary actress Fiona Shaw.

The comedy writer has cast the award-winning star in the second series of Apple TV’s hit show, Bad Sisters.

Shaw plays the role of Angelica, a domineering woman who has recently moved in with her brother Roger, another of JP's victims, and a neighbour to Grace.

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It was Bad Sisters casting director, Nina Gold, who suggested approaching Shaw. After reading the script, Shaw agreed to meet Horgan and the show's director and executive producer, Dearbhla Walsh.

She told the RTE Guide: "We went along to meet her in a café, and we were so nervous.

"When I was trying to explain the story lines to her, it sounded so nutty out loud - I thought we were losing her. I'd been a fan of hers for so long and she was so into it and up for it, thank God she took a leap and came along for the ride," she adds with excitement.

Opening about series two, Horgan said: “There's still a lot of humour in it; it has the same tone as season one, the DNA of that is still there.

"Part of the reason why I got excited to do a second season was to continue Graces story and to address how it is for her to move on; she's still a victim of his abuse and she has to carry this on her conscience and they have to all try and move on.

I took onboard stories that I'd read about women who’d been in that situation, when they get away from their abuser and how it's not just something they get over, often they still even love the person. It's so complex," she said.

But she admitted she has felt a certain amount of pressure writing the second series.

"I always feel pressure in everything I do because I've been lucky enough to have people respond to the kind of stories I'm interested in telling.

“But this time around, I felt a particular responsibility to all those people who contacted me after they'd seen the show and said it was the first time they'd seen their experiences shown on screen.

“We wanted to honour the stories of those who saw their lives reflected in the show, while also surprising and engaging our audience with new twists and turns,” she added.

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