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December 2019 | REDONLINE.CO.UKAnd all this in spite of an anti-monarchy upbringing. ‘This isn’t a world I spent a lot
of my life thinking about,’ he laughs. ‘I came from a left-wing, republican background,
where my mum would actively not put on the Queen’s speech on Christmas Day. To step
into a role like this was an interesting thing for me to do, because I thought, “I’m really
not this, and I don’t come from this world at all.’”
Menzies is already a well-known face. With shows such as Game Of Thrones and
Outlander under his belt, the 45-year-old British actor, who lives in London, has a stage
and screen career that has spanned 21 years so far, and is also keen to pay homage to his
predecessors. ‘There’s no way we can be like the last cast, but hopefully, if it’s authentic and