ImeldaStaunton discusses the 'great sense of sadness' on the set of TheCrownNetflix following the death of TheQueen
“This is about a tumultuous time for the royal family and Peter hasn’t shied away from that,” Staunton told ET’s Kevin Frazier, while explaining why the transformation into the matriarch during that era mattered so much for the series.
“I think this queen is a more familiar look for many people around the world. Certainly, for Claire Foy, when it started that was like a costume drama, many years ago. And this is the present queen, what she was like in the ’90s. So, I felt more daunted,” she continued. In order to replicate the queen’s look, from her clothing to her hair, Staunton worked closely with the show’s costume designer as well as the hair and makeup team. “I put everything on and I thought, ‘Well, this looks like it might be passable as the queen,'” she shared. “Everything helped. Let’s face it.”
Staunton’s transformation ended up being so spot on that when she was in full costume and makeup as the series resumed filming after the queen’s death in September, some found it difficult to look at her. “We filmed the day after the funeral and I felt it was difficult for the other people looking at me ’cause we have a lot of supporting artists and they were all looking at this act of playing the person who had been buried yesterday. So, it was odd,” she recalled.season 6 proved very useful.
That said, she agrees with Morgan that season 5, as well as the whole series, is a love letter to the late monarch, who sat on the throne for seven decades. “I think his love letter to the queen started a long time ago… I think it’s gone on a long time. So, it’s obvious that he is very passionate about this family,” the actress said, referring to Morgan’s past work on “The Queen” and “The Audience”, the latter of which partially inspired “The Crown”.“The Crown” season 5 premieres Wednesday, Nov.
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