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The Crown Season 5 Casts Queen Elizabeth

lmt — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 01:30:39 GMT

Long live the new Queen! Imelda Staunton will take over role from Claire Foy and Olivia Colman in season 5 of The Crown

She has gone from working-class prisoner in Vera Drake to the aristocracy as Lady Bagshaw in the Downton Abbey movie.

Now Imelda Staunton has achieved royal status – she is to play the Queen in The Crown.

The 63-year-old will take over the role of Elizabeth II for seasons five and six of the Netflix drama when Olivia Colman ends her reign.

Miss Staunton was approached by senior producers and casting directors to play the Queen from her mid-60s on.

The show’s creator Peter Morgan and his team are currently researching the storylines that will occupy the on-screen Royal Household. One likely to be featured is the Queen’s ‘annus horribilis’ – Her Majesty’s description, during a speech at the Guildhall, of the glum goings-on of 1992.

In that year, the Royal Family was rocked by the separation of Prince Andrew from Sarah, Duchess of York, the fire at Windsor Castle and Princess Anne’s divorce from Captain Mark Phillips.

In addition, Diana: Her True Story – Andrew Morton’s warts-and-all biography of the Princess of Wales – was published and a lot of dirty linen surrounding the implosion of Charles and Diana’s marriage, and the Prince of Wales’s affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, was aired for all to see.

Other episodes are likely to deal with Diana’s death in 1997 and those of Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother within weeks of each other in early 2002. There is talk that Nelson Mandela’s visit to London in 1996 could be explored, as well as the Queen’s historic visit to Russia in 1994.

Prime ministers John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are likely to be portrayed.

Miss Staunton received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for her performance as a back-street abortionist in Mike Leigh’s gritty film Vera Drake, and achieved worldwide fame as the villainous Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter series.

She appeared with her husband Jim Carter in the Downton film.

Netflix made it clear before they started filming The Crown, several years ago, that they would hire new actors to take over the major roles once the incumbents completed their 20-episode stint.

They argued that recasting refreshed the show and meant actors would not have to be aged artificially over the Queen’s long reign. However, some viewers have complained that they’ve found the sweeping cast changes – with new actors portraying the Queen, Prince Philip, Princess Margaret and other major royal characters – disconcerting and confusing.

Morgan and executives at Netflix have yet to decide how far into the monarch’s life they will delve, and for how long.

There have been delicate conversations about whether to set an end date or whether they should, as one studio executive put it, take The Crown ‘to the grave’. However, Morgan is concerned about having enough ‘distance’ to see, clearly, events that were coloured with passion at the time.

Re: The Crown Season 5 Casts Queen Elizabeth

IMW — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 04:36:35 GMT

Thanks for info. Just finished watching 3rd season-----

excellent in every way. The acting, the sets, the script,

all exceptional.

I didn't mind the cast changes at all, thought I would.

Re: The Crown Season 5 Casts Queen Elizabeth

lovesallanimals — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 05:00:30 GMT

She is the wife of the actor who played Carson on Downton Abbey.

Re: The Crown Season 5 Casts Queen Elizabeth

Big Joanie — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:33:41 GMT

@IMW wrote:
Thanks for info. Just finished watching 3rd season-----
excellent in every way. The acting, the sets, the script,
all exceptional.
I didn't mind the cast changes at all, thought I would.

I binged watched the whole season last Sunday ... took me just a minute

to get used to the new cast ... and I loved it ....but now what do i do !!!

I loved the first seasons so much .. I often have it on in the back ground

when i am doing something .....

The thing that got me in the first episode was Phillip actually having

the butler over to up the volume on the TV .... jeeeez !!!

Re: The Crown Season 5 Casts Queen Elizabeth

SharkE — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:15:24 GMT

not good choice unless they can transform her more into the likeness of Queen Elizabeth. Hollywood can do miracles with right hair and make up techs

Re: The Crown Season 5 Casts Queen Elizabeth

lmt — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 13:55:54 GMT

Netflix says it hasn't cast Imelda Staunton for The Crown season 5: 'Pure speculation'

Multiple media outlets reported that the Vera Drake and Downton Abbey actress would replace Olivia Colman as the British monarch for the last two seasons of the show. But a statement from a Netflix spokesperson insists the casting news is premature. “We are currently filming season 4 of The Crown but have not commissioned any further seasons as yet,” says the statement, “therefore any news on casting remains pure speculation.”

Re: The Crown Season 5 Casts Queen Elizabeth

ms traditional — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:10:06 GMT

she is so............Dolores Umbridge of Harry Potter.

Re: The Crown Season 5 Casts Queen Elizabeth

lmt — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:24:10 GMT

I think it would be awesome if they could cast Helen Mirren in the role for the final seasons. She's already played Elizabeth in "The Queen" and was excellent!!

Re: The Crown Season 5 Casts Queen Elizabeth

cherry — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:10:39 GMT

I am not a fan of Olivia in this role. I hope they can do better next time...She always seems to play the same character no matter what she is acting in