Nobody visits Buckingham Palace without stopping to pick up some kind of souvenir — and Oscar winnerOlivia Colmanis no different.
“I was very uncool, and he was charming,” she added about the royal dad of three. “He has that thing where he makes you feel you’re the most exciting person in the room.”
Colman, who stars asQueen Elizabethin the third season ofThe Crowndebuting on Nov. 17, also asked the heir to the throne if he curls up on the couch to watch the hit Netflix show with wifeKate Middleton.
“I asked, ‘Do you watch it?’ ” Colman said. “He said, ‘No, I don’t.’ ”
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The new season ofThe Crownsees Colman take over the royal role fromClaire Foyto explore the life ofQueen Elizabethfrom 1964 to 1977, as she struggles to embrace the transformation from young queen to mature monarch.
Colman then suddenly interrupts with, “Old bat?”
“Settled sovereign,” her team replies.
In a strange parallel, filming the show — which co-starsGame of Thronesstar Tobias Menzies asPrince PhilipandHelena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret — also had something of a transformative effect on Colman too.
“I was always a republican, but I have to say I’ve become completely obsessed with the Queen,” Colman told theSunday Times. “Who could stick with something like that for so long, quietly and with such humility? We know she loves to escape to the Highlands. She probably goes crazy up there — she must release in some way, running around naked, screaming and pulling her hair out.”
Colman added, “The Queen is an extraordinary human being. However you feel about her, she’s been our constant. We are all so relaxed about her being there that one day, when she’s not, it’s going to be a shock.”
source: people.com
