Tobias Menzies, the most recent actor to play Prince Philip in the Emmy-winning series The Crown on Netflix, is reacting to the death of the royal.
It was announced on Friday (April 9) that the Duke of Edinburgh passed away at the age of 99 following a recent month-long stay in the hospital.
Tobias played Prince Philip in seasons three and four of the series, taking over for Matt Smith, who played the role in the first two seasons.
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Matt Smith, who played the role of Prince Philip in the first two seasons of The Crown, has released a statement in response to the royal’s death at the age of 99.
The 38-year-old actor received an Emmy nomination in 2018 for his work on the show. He was replaced by Tobias Menzies for seasons three and four. Jonathan Pryce is taking over the role for the next two seasons.
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The Crown is almost back in production!
Variety is reporting that the hit Netflix series will be back on set in July, as lockdown protocols start to ease in England.
Season five is set to center on how the Royal Family embraces the 1990s, which was a unruly time for them and the era also brought on a divorce between Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
The new cast of The Crown includes Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth, Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, Dominic West as Prince Charles, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip and Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret.
Just recently, Imelda opened up about taking on the sovereign role of Elizabeth from Claire Foy and Olivia Colman.
“I think my sort of extra challenge, as if I needed it, is that I’m now doing the Queen that we’re a little more familiar with,” she shared on BBC radio’s Woman’s Hour.
Imelda went on, saying, “With Claire Foy, it was almost history and now I’m playing one that people could say ‘she doesn’t do that,’ ‘she’s not like that,’ and that’s my personal bête noire.”
If you didn’t see, find out why Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will never be a storyline on the series…
Don’t get your hopes up about seeing Meghan Markle and Prince Harry‘s story portrayed on an upcoming season of The Crown.
After the couple’s interview with Oprah Winfrey aired this weekend, so many people have made comments about how they can’t wait to see the interview reenacted on the show. The couple even commented on the series during the interview. Well, it’s never going to happen because the creator of the Netflix series doesn’t want to write about them.
The Crown creator Peter Morgan said in an interview with THR last year that he has a “20-year rule” that he will only write about events that happened at least 20 years ago. It was previously announced that The Crown will end after the sixth season, which will be set in the early 2000s.
“I just think you get so much more interesting [with time],” he said. “Meghan and Harry are in the middle of their journey, and I don’t know what their journey is or how it will end. One wishes some happiness, but I’m much more comfortable writing about things that happened at least 20 years ago.”
“That is enough time and enough distance to really understand something, to understand its role, to understand its position, to understand its relevance,” he added. “Often things that appear absolutely wildly important today are instantly forgotten, and other things have a habit of sticking around and proving to be historically very relevant and long-lasting. I don’t know where in the scheme of things Prince Andrew or indeed Meghan Markle or Harry will ever appear. We won’t know, and you need time to stop something being journalistic. And so I don’t want to write about them because to write about them would instantly make it journalistic, and there are plenty of journalists already writing about them.”
Peter sees himself as a “dramatist” and not a journalist.
He continued, “You need to also allow for the opportunity for metaphor. Once something has a metaphorical possibility, it can then become interesting. It’s quite possible, for example, to tell the story of Harry and Meghan through analogy and metaphor, if that’s what you want to do. Because there’ve been so many examples in the past, whether it’s Wallis Simpson or Edward VII, or whether it’s Diana and Prince Charles. There have been plenty of opportunities in the past where there have been marital complications. There’ve been wives that have been married into the Royal family that have felt unwelcome and that they don’t fit in. So there are plenty of stories to tell without telling the story of Harry and Meghan.”
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are fans of The Crown!
The pair confirmed that they watch the hit Netflix show during their interview with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday (March 7).
Oprah said that parts of the latest season, which followed the life of Princess Diana, echoed Harry‘s sentiment that he and Meghan felt “trapped” in their roles at the palace.
When she asked if they had seen the show, Meghan and Harry smiled and said that they had seen “some of it.”
Harry also opened up about watching the show earlier this week in an interview with James Corden.
“It gives you a rough idea of what that lifestyle, what the pressures of putting duty and service above family and everything else, what can come from that,” Harry said. “I’m way more comfortable with The Crown than I am seeing the stories written about my family, or my wife, or myself. It’s the difference between… that is obviously fiction, take it how you will, but this is being reported on as fact because you’re supposedly news. I have a real issue with that.”
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This month, Prince Harry opened up about his thoughts about Netflix’s The Crown.
The 36-year-old Duke of Sussex follows his relatives, Mike Tindall and Sarah Ferguson, in reacting to the series loosely based on their lives as members of the British royal family.
“It gives you a rough idea of what that lifestyle, what the pressures of putting duty and service above family and everything else, what can come from that,” Harry told James Corden in an interview. “I’m way more comfortable with The Crown than I am seeing the stories written about my family, or my wife, or myself. It’s the difference between… that is obviously fiction, take it how you will, but this is being reported on as fact because you’re supposedly news. I have a real issue with that.”
After hearing his comments, Emma Corrin and Josh O’Connor, who portray his parents, Princess Diana and Prince Charles on the series, are reacting.
“I’m delighted. I’m delighted that he watches it,” Josh told Entertainment Tonight, just ahead of his Golden Globe win. “I think anyone who watches it is a great… you know, that’s what we’re there for.”
Emma added, “It’s difficult, with The Crown, since it is so fictional, it feels so removed from the actual royal family. But on the other hand, the characters are based on real people, so there is something there. I felt incredibly grateful to him. I was incredibly moved by what he said. Obviously, I played his mother and that would have been such a sensitive thing. I was very moved he acknowledged it. I’m glad he enjoyed it; I was very grateful for those words.”
Gillian Anderson, who plays Margaret Thatcher, also commented on Harry’s revelation.
“I would say that Harry is fairly well-qualified to judge what is fact or fiction and it was pleasing to hear he understood what [creator] Peter [Morgan] is trying to do on The Crown,” she says. “That he is telling a nuanced story of the challenges of putting duty and service before love and family and that he has certainly many, many years of experience with that. I think it was nice to be on the outside and also on the inside of a show that I care about hearing perhaps that subject addressed.”
Emma won her first Golden Globe for her portrayal of Diana on the series. See her acceptance speech here!
Prince Harry is sharing some candid thoughts on the Netflix series The Crown and why he is more comfortable watching the show than seeing the tabloid coverage of his family.
The 36-year-old royal spoke out during a lengthy interview on The Late Late Show with James Corden, which aired on late Thursday night (February 25).
“They don’t pretend to be news. It’s fictional, but it’s loosely based on the truth. Of course, it’s not strictly accurate,” Harry said when asked about the show.
He continued, “It gives you a rough idea of what that lifestyle, what the pressures of putting duty and service above family and everything else, what can come from that. I’m way more comfortable with The Crown than I am seeing the stories written about my family, or my wife, or myself. It’s the difference between… that is obviously fiction, take it how you will, but this is being reported on as fact because you’re supposedly news. I have a real issue with that.”
Harry revealed that the actor he’d like to see play him in The Crown is Damian Lewis, though he thought his name was Daniel!
When James suggested that he play Prince William, Harry responded by saying, “That’s not great casting, but it is casting.”
On the latest season of The Crown, Harry‘s parents Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana were one of the main storylines.
