Imelda Staunton is ready to take on the lead role of Queen Elizabeth in the final two seasons of Crowna Netflix historical series created by Peter Morgan, chronicling the history of British Royal in the mid to late 1900s. She succeeded Claire Foy and Olivia Colman in portraying the role of Britain’s longest reigning monarch. However, playing the role was a particularly important and admittedly an “odd” moment for the actor as she happened to be filming scenes on the day of the movie. Queen’s death and also the day after her funeral.
“Everybody was so upset and I know I was so careless that night,” the Oscar-nominated actor said of the incident. The Queen Passes By on September 8. “My reaction surprised me. Of course, I will feel something. But having lived with her so close for two years, it feels strange,” she said Tonight’s reception.
Manufacturers of Crown then paused the shoot for a few days out of respect for Queen Elizabeth. This short period of time helped Staunton settle down again. “Like I said, production stopped and then according to the schedule we were doing, I took 10 days off. And I’m grateful for that time to settle down. I feel for the crew who have been working on it since day 1. I think there is a great feeling about sadnessno doubt,” she said.
Post a break, when Staunton turns into Queen, some people on set found it difficult to look at her, she revealed. “We were filming the day after the funeral and I found it very difficult for other people to look at me because we had a lot of supporting artists and they were all looking at the act of playing the person who was buried yesterday. . So it’s weird.”
The actor also talked about the importance of portraying the Queen in the late 1900s. “This was a tumultuous time for the Queen. royal family and Peter didn’t shy away from it,” she said, adding that “this queen is a more familiar look to many people around the world”.
She continued, “Definitely, for Claire Foy, when it started to feel like a period movie, years ago. And this is the current queen, what she was like in the 90s. So I feel more frustrated.”
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