The Crown season five is arriving on Wednesday (Nov. 9) on Netflix.
Amid the controversies over season five’s explosive plotline, Imelda Staunton has said playing the Queen was a 'terrifying prospect.'
Staunton, 66, took over the role of Her Majesty from Olivia Coleman for the forthcoming season on the historical blockbuster. She is playing the monarch during mid-90s in arguably the most controversial season yet.
The veteran actress told The Binge Guide in Stellar Magazine, “[It was a] terrifying prospect. But the production was so sublime, and these people are interesting and complicated,” the Daily Mail reported.
Staunton added, “And [creator] Peter [Morgan] gives you an imagined life behind the doors. But it’s not ridiculous."
“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. So to try to keep the standards up from the previous four seasons was a privilege.”
The much-hyped season chronicles the events during which the royal family dealt with Prince Charles’ affair with Camilla, Diana’s divorce, the fire at Windsor Castle, and more.