For practical reasons, Colman appreciated the
advantage of playing an 18th-century monarch
in “The Favourite,” which earned her the best
actress trophy at this year’s Academy Awards
and its British counterpart from BAFTA.
“I find it much easier knowing that no one
can say Queen Anne didn’t sound like that.
Everyone’s a critic because everyone” can vent
online, she said. “You have to let that go. It’s an
acting job.”