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Seeking your casting suggestions for The Crown, Series 3

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mommybunny · 15/01/2018 13:41

OK, so we know Olivia Colman will be the Queen and Helena Bonham Carter is probably going to be Princess Margaret. I think they're both great choices and look forward to seeing them.

Who can we cast in the other roles?

I understand the series is meant to cover the 70s, and it's been suggested that the natural "end" to the series is Thatcher's election. So we probably won't see Diana or Fergie yet, but could see Camilla.

Here is where I'm at in my head right now:

Prince Philip (fair-haired male, mid-40s/mid 50s in age): not my idea but I think Iain Glen is absolutely inspired

Queen Mother (short, dark-haired female, 60s-70s in age): Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie

Prince Charles (dark-haired male, mid 20s/mid 30s in age): Jonah Hauer-King (he played Laurie in Little Women)

Princess Anne (fair-haired female, mid 20s/mid 30s in age): Emilia Clarke (she'd kick some ass!)

Ted Heath (grey-haired male, mid 50s in age): possibly Samuel West (who, it must be noted, has already played Ted Heath, in a drama about the young Thatcher)

Harold Wilson (grey-haired male, mid 50s in age): for some reason I'm thinking Matthew MacFadyen could be good, though he may be too young

James Callaghan (grey-haired male, late 50s in age): Timothy Spall maybe?

Margaret Thatcher (fair-haired female, 50s in age): Jemma Redgrave, Emily Watson, Samantha Bond (who would be my first choice)

That's all I've got for now, though there must be a way to fit Peter Capaldi in as someone's private secretary. Give me your ideas!

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southeastdweller · 14/03/2018 10:21

Reports say different things about the time period for season 3 - www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a16668201/the-crown-season-3-news-date-cast-spoilers/

Hugh Laurie would be all kinds of wrong for Philip, especially if season 3 starts where season 2 left off in 1964 when Philip was 43 (HL is 58).

CoolCarrie · 14/03/2018 10:23

Yes, he is too old, too grey and scruffy

snozzlemaid · 28/03/2018 23:28

Just read that Tobias Menzies has the part.
He was my first choice, so I'm delighted. I think he'll be great.

QueenOfTheAndals · 28/03/2018 23:37

Really? I wouldn't have thought he was that much older than Matt Smith tbh!

QueenOfTheAndals · 28/03/2018 23:39

Ah just googled, 8 years older so the same age as Olivia C. He's making a nice little living for himself going from blockbuster series to blockbuster series - this must be his third in three years!

SamanthaBrique · 28/03/2018 23:40

I don't think HBC is a done deal as Margaret yet, is she?

beguilingeyes · 29/03/2018 09:34

'Hugh Laurie is a terrible choice. He was good as House and Bertie Wooster, but he hasn’t got much depth to his acting imo, and I really cannot see him as Phillip.'

Have you not seen The Night Manager? A different person.

southeastdweller · 29/03/2018 09:43

HBC's casting was confirmed a couple of weeks ago:

canoe.com/entertainment/television/helena-bonham-carter-confirmed-in-the-crown

SamanthaBrique · 29/03/2018 11:38

HBC is several years older than Olivia Colman isn't she?But I suppose they look pretty much the same age.

southeastdweller · 29/03/2018 11:50

LadyIsabella was the poster who came up with Tobias Menzies as Philip - I wonder if the casting people read this thread? You never know Wink

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southeastdweller · 29/03/2018 12:23

Charles met Camilla in 1971 when he was 22 so it looks like that story won’t be featured.

QueenOfTheAndals · 29/03/2018 12:28

When was the attempted kidnapping of Princess Anne? I'm guessing that will be covered in this series.

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QueenOfTheAndals · 29/03/2018 15:18

Anne's own version of the event is hilarious - she told Parky about it and the audience was in fits. It's available on YouTube - she knows how to tell a good story and is very deadpan!

LadyIsabellaWrotham · 29/03/2018 17:05

I’m happy because I’ve been rather keen on TM since his memorable cameo in Spooks many years ago.

Now get a bloody move on! No GOT, no Crown, no Star Trek Discovery, no Good Omens, no Line of Duty. It’ll be 20-sodding-19 and we’ll all be flying skycars after rogue replicants before we get any proper drama again. There’s a limit to how much University Challenge and QI a woman can watch.

GeekyBlinders · 29/03/2018 19:52

I like Toby M but I think he's a bit too young to play against Olivia Colman. They are actually the same age, but he should be a bit older.

southeastdweller · 03/05/2018 20:08

Jason Watkins is playing Harold Wilson:

www.digitalspy.com/tv/the-crown/news/a856261/crown-netflix-season-3-release-date-2019-jason-watkins-harold-wilson/

snozzlemaid · 03/05/2018 20:24

Another great choice.

QueenOfTheAndals · 03/05/2018 20:26

And official confirmation that HBC is playing Margaret!

southeastdweller · 09/05/2018 22:43

DM says Josh O'Connor is going to play Charles.

Seeking your casting suggestions for The Crown, Series 3
QueenOfTheAndals · 09/05/2018 22:46

Well he's got the ears!

Riversleep · 09/05/2018 22:52

That sounds like a good cast. I'm looking forward to it! Koyaani do they really only want posh actors? Claire Foy and Matt Smith are among the few state school educated British actors around. They are both solid middle class and look how brilliantly they did Grin

PineappleFwitters · 10/05/2018 06:35

Isn't Helena BC several years older than Olivia C? But I guess she doesn't really look it so...

southeastdweller · 20/06/2018 21:53

Ben Daniels is playing Lord Snowdon:

variety.com/2018/tv/news/ben-daniels-the-crown-antony-armstrong-jones-season-3-1202851868/

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