OK! Magazine UK – 26 August 2019

BACKFORANOTHERSEASON

‘I’VEGOTTHEWORST

JOBINTHEWORLD’

OSCARWINNER OLIVIACOLMAN CONFESSES

HERNERVESATBECOMINGHERMAJESTY

D

espite being an Oscar winner,

Olivia Colman has admitted she

was nervous about stepping into

Claire Foy’s shoes and taking

over the role of Elizabeth II in The Crown.

‘It’s horrendous, everyone loves Claire

Foy, so I have got the worst job in the

world,’ she says. Olivia also revealed that

during the first week of filming she found

herself ‘trying to do Claire impressions’

and thinking, what would she have done?

As a huge fan of the wildly popular

Netflix series, Olivia also confessed that

she was ‘deeply uncool’ about being

offered the part. ‘The producers went:

“So...” And I said: “Yes! Yes! I’m really

excited! Thank you very much!”’ she

laughs. The hotly anticipated third series

of The Crown

will cover the

’60s and ‘70s

and see the

roles of the

Queen and

Prince Philip

• previously
  Claire Foy and
  Matt Smith


• taken over
  by Olivia, 45,
  and Game
  Of Thrones
  star Tobias
  Menzies, also
  45. Meanwhile,

Helena Bonham Carter will replace

Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret.

But it seems that Olivia already has one

element of the role nailed – bonding

with the Queen’s furry friends. When

she was in the role, Claire admitted: ‘Oh

my God – the corgis. I’m not much of a

dog person, to be perfectly frank.’ But it

appears that Olivia fared better as new

promotional shots show.

Olivia’s regal turn in the new series

starts November 17 – we can’t wait!

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Below: Helena Bonham Carter and

Olivia Colman as Margaret and

Elizabeth as seen in Entertainment

Weekly (below right)

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Olivia Colman and

Tobias Menzies

as the Queen and

Prince Philip