Netflix Releases First Photo Of Olivia Colman In ‘The Crown’ Season 3
As most of you are probably aware by now, it’s all change on Netflix’s ‘The Crown‘ Season 3 as the younger cast is switched out to a new group of more age appropriate actors. Now the streaming service has given us our first tiny glimpse of what that will look like with this shot of Olivia Colman as HRH Queen Elizabeth II, replacing Claire Foy.
Joining Colman will be ‘Outlander’ star Tobias Menzies, who replaces Matt Smith as Prince Philip, Helena Bonham Carter, who takes over the role of HRH Princess Margaret from Vanessa Kirby, and Ben Daniels (‘The Exorcist’, ‘Rogue One’) in the role of 1st Earl of Snowdon, Antony Armstrong-Jones, replacing the outgoing Matthew Goode. Jason Watkins (Trollied’, ‘W1A’) joins the cast in the role of Prime Minister, Harold Wilson.
‘The Crown’ tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century.
Season 2 of ‘The Crown’ ended with the birth of the Queen and Philip’s 4th and last child Edward in 1964. Exact details of the 3rd season have yet to be released, but we know it will span the 70’s era of UK politics which saw Harold Wilson become Prime Minister twice, with Edward Heath taking office in the middle. This era also includes Princess Margaret’s divorce, the 1972 miners’ strike and the assassination of Lord Mountbatten. It will also feature a young Camilla Parker Bowles whom Charles first met in 1971, and we could potentially see a young Diana Spencer towards the end of this season, as they first meet in 1977.
No exact date has been set for ‘The Crown‘ Season 3 yet, but it will arrive in 2019 on Netflix.
