The Crownmay be adding an extra dose of star power.
Gillian Andersonhas been tapped to play British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for the fourth season of the Netflix hit,according to theSunday Times.The Hollywood Reporteradds that sources say negotiations have been going on since April, but the deal is still not finalized.
It’s unclear if Anderson’s character, who served as Britain’s first female prime minister from 1979 to 1990, will appear in both seasons 3 and 4, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.
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Although Thatcher is a new character to the series, Anderson will still be joining plenty of fresh faces. Each season ofThe Crown, followingQueen Elizabeth‘s reign, runs the course of about a decade in the characters’ lives. After the first two seasons wrapped, the cast has been switched out completely.
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Olivia ColmanofThe Night Managerand Tobias Mezies ofOutlanderwill playQueen ElizabethandPrince Philipfor seasons 3 and 4, replacingClaire FoyandMatt Smith.
British actressEmerald Fennellis joining the cast asCamilla, Duchess of Cornwall, formerly Camilla Shand, for the show’s third season.
The third season of the show began filming in July 2018 and will be released sometime in 2019,according to the BBC.It’s unclear exactly what year it will be in the life of Colman’s Queen when the show picks up again. One of the few major events that has been confirmed for the upcoming season is the breakdown of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon’s relationship. (They divorced in 1978.) The last episode of season two took place in 1964.
source: people.com
