Let the trumpets sound and the drums roll because there’s a new queen in Buckingham Palace. In reality, Queen Elizabeth II remains the great British monarch, but what has changed for us is the cast of The Crownthe Netflix series about the English monarchy that enters its third season with a new face.
O awesome.club decided to compare the actors and the personalities they play in the period from 1964 to 1977. At the end of the article, we bring you a bonus with an overview of the protagonists of the two previous seasons and the personalities they played.
Olivia Colman — Queen Elizabeth II
Olivia Colman seems to fit the monarchy. The British actress won the Oscar for Best Actress this year for her performance in the film. The favorite🇧🇷 A wig, a little makeup and a costume tailored to each scene help to transform the actress into the great monarch of the UK. In the first two seasons, the role was played by actress Claire Foy.
Tobias Menzies — Prince Philip
The youthful features of actor Matt Smith no longer looked good for the role of Prince Philip in this new stage, so the producers chose Tobias Menzies. With big successful roles in productions such as Pomegranate🇧🇷 outlander and game of Throneshis portrayal as Elizabeth II’s husband was highly praised by critics, although he himself acknowledged that his late anti-monarchist mother “would feel ashamed”.
Helena Bonham Carter — Princess Margaret
A curious case in the trajectory of Helena Bonham Carter: in the film The king’s speech, Oscar winner for Best Picture, she played the Queen Mother; now, she steps into the shoes of her daughter, Princess Margaret, replacing actress Vanessa Kirby. the actress of Big Fish and its Wonderful Stories and The Fight Club told that he personally knew the monarch, who was a good friend of his uncle.
Erin Doherty — Princess Anne
“She is a woman with a lot of strength and a big heart”. This is how actress Erin Doherty defined Princess Anne, who she looks a lot like. The series shows the second daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip as an empowered woman. Furthermore, it reveals a loving relationship that could have changed the way the royal family organizes itself.
Josh O’Connor — Prince Charles
The current successor to the British throne is a young man in season three. He is played by Josh O’Connor, an actor with an important trajectory in English television, but who is still unknown internationally. To know details about his romance with Princess Diana, we will have to wait for the fourth season. However, this season we already meet Camila Shand, with whom he had an affair at the time and who is now his wife.
Emerald Fennell — Camilla Shand
The relationship between Camilla and Prince Charles is soap opera-worthy: they met in the 1970s, but both married and had children with other people. The 2 met again in the 1990s and decided to get married in 2005. The beginning of this long story is in The Crown and brings Emerald Fennell (Season 2 screenwriter of Killing Eve) in the role of the current Duchess of Cornwall.
Ben Daniels — Sir Anthony Armstrong Jones
Photographer, seductive and brazen fame are some of the characteristics that define Sir Anthony Armstrong Jones, husband of Princess Margaret and who, in the second season, was played by Matthew Goode. Now, the role is in the hands of the Englishman Ben Daniels, an actor with a great career in the theater and who will be part of the cast of Jupiter’s Legacythe upcoming Netflix series about superheroes.
Jason Watkins — Prime Minister Harold Wilson
Season three begins with the choice of Harold Wilson as the British Prime Minister. He was the fifth to hold the position under Elizabeth II (the first was Winston Churchill, as we saw earlier in the series). The role is played by Englishman Jason Watkins, who recently played another politician, MP Emlyn Hooson in the series. A Very English Scandal🇧🇷
Bonus: Comparison with actors from other seasons
Claire Foy and Matt Smith — Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
Jared Harris — King George VI
Vanessa Kirby — Princess Margaret
Jeremy Northam — Secretary Anthony Eden
John Lithgow — Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Did you see the first two seasons? Do you intend to see? What do you think were the hits and misses of the series? Share in the comments.
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