Royal Crush Two Distinguished Brits Bring Their Queen to the Screen
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HO ME (/) AWARDS (/AWARDS) NEWS & MAG AZINE (/NEWS) PHO TO S (/PHO TO S) VIDEO S (/VIDEO S) EVENTS (/EVENTS) ACADEMY (/ACADEMY) FO UNDATIO N (/FO UNDATIO N) ARCHIVES (HTTP://EMMYTVLEG ENDS.O RG /) MEMBERS (/MEMBERS) IN THE MIX September 26, 2016 Royal Crush Two distinguished Brits bring their queen to the screen. Randee Dawn Netflix When he tackled the subject of the British royals for a series about the young Queen Elizabeth II, Peter Morgan was actually NEWS thinking about another insular family. Television “The TV show I admire most is The Sopranos,” says Morgan, creator– Academy executive producer of The Crown, debuting November 4 on Netflix. Governor Lily “They are both stories about a family within a specific and unique Tomlin to Receive (/news/academy anthropology. Tony Soprano’s constant battle was, ‘Which family am I SAG Lifetime news/television most loyal to?’ and for Elizabeth Windsor, it’s, ‘Which Elizabeth am I Achievement academy Award most loyal to?’” governorlily (/news/academy news/television “And the psychiatrist here,” quips executive producer–director Stephen tomlinreceive academy Daldry, “is the prime minister.” saglifetime governorlily The Crown stars Claire Foy as the queen and Matt Smith as her achievement tomlinreceive husband, Philip Mountbatten, and opens shortly before the death of award) saglifetime King George VI (Jared Harris), Elizabeth’s father. He’s preparing Elizabeth for an eventual ascension to the throne, but he’s also hiding achievement his lung cancer. His death from a blood clot in 1952 thrusts her into her award) reign at 26. Keeping things historically accurate was important, says Morgan, who has five fulltime researchers on staff, but he admits that small, Reaching Our intimate moments — Elizabeth writing an affectionate letter to her New Destination father the night he dies — are invented. (/news/academy (/news/academy news/reaching “When you haven’t got all the details, you draw the dots based on news/reaching ournew behavior from other occasions,” he says. “You just have to ask: is it ournew destination) responsible and truthful to suggest something like that might have destination) happened?” Both Morgan and Daldry are experienced in stories of the royals. Morgan was Oscarnominated for his 2007 script, The Queen, starring Emmy Magazine Helen Mirren as Elizabeth II; his recent Broadway play, The Audience, Wins Six Maggie also starring Mirren as the queen, was directed by Daldry. Awards (/news/academy (/news/academy The play, which is the basis for The Crown, focused on Elizabeth’s news/emmy news/emmy meetings with a succession of British prime ministers, but both Morgan magazinewins magazinewins sixmaggie and Daldry say The Crown differs in scope and tone from The sixmaggie awards) Audience. awards) “It’s about an extraordinary family, a family that has dysfunction, but just happens to be a royal family at the center of British history and world history,” says Daldry, who directed three of the 10 episodes in season one (a second season has been ordered). TRENDING V ID EO Nonetheless, Morgan, who was also Oscarnominated for writing 68th Emmy Awards: In Frost/Nixon, expresses surprise at his involvement in the project. Memoriam (/video/68themmy awardsmemoriam) “I never imagined I’d be writing about Elizabeth again after The Queen,” he says. “I’m both astonished and embarrassed that I’m still writing A RT IC L E about these people.” HBO and FX Tie for Top Spot at 68th Emmys with 6 Each (/news/awardsnews/68th This article originally appeared in emmy magazine, Issue No. 8, 2016 emmyawardsrecap) A RT IC L E PREVIOUS STORY NEXT STORY 68th Engineering Emmy Awards Honorees Announced Unfurling Girls Speaking for Herself (/news/pressreleases/68th engineeringemmyawards (/news/mix/unfurlinggirls) (/news/mix/speakingherself) honoreesannounced) ADD YOUR COMMENT 0 Comments Sort by Oldest Add a comment... 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