Because the first season of The Crown debuted on Netflix in 2016, viewers have lengthy suspected how the Royal Household may really feel in regards to the present’s fictional model of their lives.
Nicely, it appears solid member Matt Smith might need some perception.
In a brand new interview with the In the present day present within the US, the Home Of The Dragon actor claimed that not solely had Queen Elizabeth II seen the Crown, she was truly a often viewer.
“I heard the Queen had watched it, and she or he used to look at it on a projector on a Sunday night time apparently,” he mentioned.
Nevertheless, plainly Prince Philip – who Matt performed within the first two seasons of the award-winning drama – was much less enthused.
The previous Physician Who star added: “Philip positively didn’t. A buddy of mine sat subsequent to him at a dinner as soon as and he requested him.
“Apparently he turned spherical to him and mentioned, ‘don’t be ridiculous’.”
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Matt co-starred reverse Claire Foy within the first two seasons of The Crown, bagging an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of the late Duke of Edinburgh as a younger man.
Following The Queen’s demise final week, The Crown has re-entered Netflix’s checklist of most-watched reveals and movies.
The Crown stars Claire Foy and Olivia Colman have each paid their respects to the monarch up to now few days.
Matt additionally instructed In the present day that he hopes to return to the UK this weekend for the Queen’s funeral, stating: “I feel it’s a chunk of historical past. I feel I simply wish to be in London. I wish to expertise it, I wish to share within the ceremony of it actually.”
The fifth season of the award-winning present is about to debut on Netflix later this yr, with Imelda Staunton set to succeed Olivia Colman within the position of Queen Elizabeth.
Manufacturing on sequence six is at the moment underway, though filming was briefly suspended final week as a mark of respect to the Queen.
“The Crown is a love letter to her and I’ve nothing so as to add for now, simply silence and respect,” The Crown creator Peter Morgan mentioned, later confirming that manufacturing would even be paused on Monday when the Queen is laid to relaxation.
