Netflix announces Claire Foy’s replacement as Queen in “The Crown”
Netflix has just announced who will be replacing Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II in the popular award-winning historical drama of British royalty, The Crown.
Olivia Coleman has been crowned as the new monarch and will portray Queen Elizabeth into middle age for seasons three and four.
Claire Foy (left) and Olivia Coleman (right).
Coleman recently took home a Golden Globe for her work in AMC's mini-series The Night Manager and will next be seen in Kenneth Branagh's star-studded adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express.
The Crown creator Peter Morgan has always said he would be recasting the Queen as the story moved through the years, rather than “age up” Foy.
“What’s so beautiful about Claire is her youth,” he told Variety in 2016. “You can’t ask someone to act middle-aged. Someone has to bring their own fatigue to it. The feelings we all have as 50-year-olds are different than the feelings we all have as 30-year-olds. That informs everything we do.”
However, season two is only just about to star so it will be awhile before we see Coleman as the Queen.
With Foy's replacement in place, we wonder who will join Coleman as Matt Smith's replacement in the role of Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
We can’t wait to hear what the Queen thinks about Coleman’s eventual portrayal – she’s reportedly a fan of the show.