Claire Foy and Matt Smith might now not be enjoying Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II on “The Crown,” however the pair reunited on the Critics’ Choice Awards on Jan. 15. Foy’s film “Women Talking” was up for greatest image, and Smith was nominated for greatest supporting actor for his function as Daemon Targaryen in “House of the Dragon.”
Foy and Smith portrayed Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip within the first and second seasons of “The Crown,” depicting the early days of the late queen’s time on the throne. Shortly after Queen Elizabeth II’s dying on Sept. 8, 2022, Foy paid tribute in an interview with the BBC on the Toronto Film Festival. “I feel that she was an unbelievable monarch,” Foy mentioned. “She united individuals and he or she was a large image of continuity and dignity and charm. My primary feeling is simply excited about her as a mom and a grandmother and a great-grandmother, actually. I’m very honored to have been a teeny tiny, small a part of her story.”
Meanwhile, Smith commemorated Prince Philip’s April 9, 2021 dying in a press release offered to The Hollywood Reporter. “Prince Philip was the person. And he knew it. 99 and out, however what an innings. And what type,” he wrote. “Thank you in your service outdated chap — it will not be the identical with out you.”
In 2017, Foy opened as much as POPSUGAR concerning the pressures of enjoying such a large function. “You’re enjoying scenes with essentially the most highly effective individuals within the nation, so should you had been to take a seat down and suppose, ‘Right, I’m going to consider the enormity of the function I’m taking up,’ you’d most likely not be capable to rise up within the morning,” she mentioned. “I feel you simply must take on daily basis because it comes, and you then finally end up on set the primary day, and it is all come collectively. The costume, the wig, the voice, the motion, the relationships . . . after which we simply bought on with it, I suppose. We did as a lot as we presumably might to get there.”
At the time, Smith echoed Foy’s ideas, telling POPSUGAR he tried to not suppose too arduous concerning the significance of the half he was enjoying. “There’s a little bit of trepidation I suppose, however I’m happy with it, completely,” he mentioned of his efficiency. “I feel it is good, high quality work. You do as a lot analysis, and as a lot considering, considering, considering, considering, considering, considering, and you then cease considering. You begin doing. That’s it.”
Check out some photographs of the duo’s reunion forward.