It seems that Claire Foy already knows which actress is next in line to take on the role of Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown – sadly, for fans of Netflix’s lavish royal drama, she’s dropped only the most subtle of hints…
With the hit show’s first season showing the monarch as a young woman in her twenties, balancing the public and political demands of her new royal role while dealing with upheaval in her personal life, and the forthcoming second season presenting Elizabeth in her thirties, Claire has now said goodbye to the part – for the simple reason that, at 33 years old, she’s too young to convincingly play the Queen into the 1970s.
Claire Foy as a young Queen Elizabeth II.
At the press conference for her latest film Breathe, a period drama co-starring Andrew Garfield which debuted at the London Film Festival earlier this week, the actress confirmed that she has been told who will succeed her as the Queen in the show’s third season.
Luckily, it seems that she is pretty happy with the show-runners’ choice of replacement (though unlike Claire, we’ll presumably have to wait until next year – or until the second series’ December release date, at the earliest – to find out…)
“I know who’s doing it and I’m not telling you,” she told reporters, adding “It’s really exciting and great and amazing”
Alluding to her limited run on the show, she explained: “I always knew from the get-go that I was only going to be doing two series. I’m just very grateful that I have had such a wonderful time playing that part and made friends for life.”
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Claire’s cast mates Matt Smith (who plays her on-screen husband, Prince Philip) and Vanessa Kirby (who plays Princess Margaret) will also be replaced by new stars in the third season which, though it is yet to be officially confirmed by Netflix, is thought to currently be in developmental stages. Until then, we’ll be counting down the days until season two arrives on our Netflix dashboards…
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