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. 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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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