“The Crown” star Imelda Staunton
She found it difficult to leave the queen role behind
Imelda Staunton has been seen in the Netflix series “The Crown” as Queen Elizabeth II of England in recent years.
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The role of the Queen influenced Imelda Staunton. After the end of “The Crown,” she finds it difficult to shed the royal wardrobe.
Once a queen, always a queen? It is apparently not so easy for “The Crown” star Imelda Staunton (68) to completely give up the role of Queen Elizabeth II (192-2022). As the Daily Mail reports, the actress was spotted earlier this week wearing one of the blouses she wore for two seasons while portraying the British queen in the Netflix series.
In this context, she admitted in a conversation that she had to force herself to stop wearing the role’s wardrobe because she had to shed her royal appearance for her next role.
“It was a pretty serious task”
In the summer, Staunton will star in the new West End musical comedy “Hello, Dolly!” be visible. Of “The Crown,” she said in retrospect: “It was a pretty serious job and a pretty big responsibility to carry all that stuff. I finished that in May and June last year and shook it off – now I can be funny again – it It just took time.”
Queen Elizabeth was in her head for four years. “I did it day in and day out. I knew I was going to play her in 2019 and I started in 2021, so it’s been a long time.” Everyone can see the work behind it on the screen: “Every detail from the set to the costumes. I’m now wearing one of their tops.”
Farewell to “Downton Abbey”
The British actress recently dropped the bombshell that she wouldn’t be taking part in the planned third “Downton Abbey”. In the first two parts she took on the role of lady-in-waiting Lady Maud Bagshaw. “This will undoubtedly be sad news for Downton fans, particularly those who loved the character of Lady Maud,” an insider is quoted in the “Sun”..
Filming for the third film sequel to the former successful series is scheduled to begin in the summer. The cinema release is planned for 2025. The rest of the main cast is expected to be back on board. Staunton’s husband Jim Carter (75) is also part of the regular cast as Butler Carson.