Claire Foy (39) had an unpleasant experience. In the first two seasons of The Crown, the Brit played the young Queen Elizabeth II (✝96). Her performance thrilled fans and even earned her an Emmy Award. The historical drama is an experience that she is certainly proud of. But her job as an actress was apparently not always easy: At Claire’s The director didn’t make it easy for her when she got her first acting job.
Claire’s The first major project was the pilot episode of the series “Being Human”. But she obviously didn’t have much fun. While she doesn’t name the director, it is known that Irish filmmaker Declan O’Dwyer was responsible. “It took me a long time to understand that it’s a terrible thing, something like that from a 23-year-old […] to do. Instead of taking her under your wing and helping her, you just yell at her in front of everyone. “Sometimes unfriendly directors need someone on set they can bully,” says the now 39-year-old in the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast.
For her role in “The Crown”. Claire but at least even got recognition from the palace. The former press secretary of the Queen She described her to Deadline as “brilliant” compared to her successors Olivia Colman (49) and Imelda Staunton (67). In his opinion, her two colleagues had portrayed the late monarch as too “grumpy and boring”.
