'Crown' Actress Imelda Staunton Reveals It's 'Terrifying' Playing Queen Elizabeth After Her Death

It’s not a walk in the park for Imelda Staunton to play the late Queen Elizabeth.

The 66-year-old embodies the iconic ruler in the new season of Netflix’s popular royals series The Crown. However, she revealed that it was challenging at times during a recent interview.

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Imelda referred to the role as a “terrifying prospect” in an interview with Stellar Magazine, according to the Daily Mail. Despite the nerves associated with it, she said that it was still a good experience.

“But the production was so sublime, and these people are interesting and complicated,” she explained.

Imelda also hinted at how the show’s attempt to stay historically accurate, amid recent claims that that’s not the case.

“We all try to tread a very truthful line, and the challenge of playing people who are, for all intents and purposes, constrained by their lives and their duty and their relationships, in some cases, is a great acting challenge,” she added. “So to try to keep the standards up from the previous four seasons was a privilege.”

Season 5 of The Crown premieres on Netflix on November 9.

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