The Crown’s Claire Foy & Matt Smith Pay Tribute To Queen Elizabeth After Her Death

Several members of the talented formed of Netflix’s The Crown honored Queen Elizabeth after her abrupt decease connected Sept. 8. “I deliberation that she was an unthinkable monarch,” Claire Foy, 38, who played the queen successful the archetypal 2 seasons of the show, told BBC astatine the Toronto Film Festival connected Sept. 14. “She agreed radical and she was a monolithic awesome of continuity and dignity and grace.”

Although she was connected the UK throne done immoderate of the astir pivotal points successful satellite history, Claire said she remembers Queen Elizabeth arsenic a beloved household member, alternatively than a record-breaking monarch. “My main feeling is conscionable reasoning astir her arsenic a parent and a grandmother and a great-grandmother, really,” she continued. “I’m precise honored to person been a teeny tiny, tiny portion of her story.”

Claire Foy successful ‘The Crown’ (Photo: Alex Bailey/©Netflix/Everett Collection)

Olivia Colman, 48, who portrayed the queen successful seasons 3 and 4, spoke to Variety astir the interaction the queen had connected the satellite astatine the Toronto International Film Festival. “I wouldn’t cognize wherever to statesman with that. She made a committedness arsenic a young pistillate and she perfectly kept it with specified dignity,” she said. “We’re each incredibly impressed by what she did.”

Matt Smith, who played the queen’s precocious hubby Prince Phillip successful the archetypal 2 seasons of the deed series, reflected connected the decease of the longest-reigning British monarch during a Sept. 15 quality connected Today. “I deliberation it’s a portion of history. I don’t deliberation we’ll ever person a monarch who serves for 70 years again… I conscionable privation to beryllium successful London. I privation to acquisition it. I deliberation successful the ceremonial of it, really,” helium added, speaking of the upcoming ceremonial that is slated to beryllium held connected Sept. 19.

He continued, “My mom’s going to spell [to the procession]. I don’t cognize if I’m really going to spell to the procession, but I’d similar to ticker it. I mightiness ticker it successful my section pub, actually, with a radical of friends.”

Olivia Colman successful ‘The Crown’ (Photo: Des Willie / ©Netflix /Everett Collection)

Season 5 of The Crown is expected to premiere successful November, with Imelda Staunton playing the precocious queen. The formed besides includes Jonathan Pryce as Phillip, Lesley Manville arsenic Princess Margaret, Dominic West as Prince Charles, and Elizabeth Debicki arsenic Princess Diana. Olivia Williams has been formed arsenic Camilla Parker Bowles. That radical is presently filming the sixth and last play of the show, which volition instrumentality viewers done the 1990s up to Princess Diana’s tragic death.

Production connected the upcoming play was suspended connected Friday, Sept. 9 to grant the queen’s death, according to Variety. “As a people of respect, filming connected The Crown was suspended today,” a Netflix root told the outlet. “Filming volition besides beryllium suspended connected the time of Her Majesty The Queen’s funeral.”

“The Crown is simply a emotion missive to her,” the show’s creator, Peter Morgan, shared astir the decision, per Town & Country. “I’ve thing to adhd for now, conscionable soundlessness and respect. I expect we volition halt filming retired of respect too.”