He might play a royal on the small screen, but he certainly doesn’t want anything to do with them off screen. The Crown actor Josh O’Connor, who is best known for his role as Prince Charles on the hit Netflix series, says that he had no interest in the Windsors before he took on the role and certainly has no interest in the royal family now. Here’s what he has to say.
In a new interview with British GQ Hype Magazine, Josh says that he simply doesn’t keep up-to-date with any of the royal gossip that is out there. When he was asked whether or not he watched Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, he said he definitely did not and has no interest in doing so.
The Crown: Josh O’Connor Has Very Little Interest In The Royal Family
Josh put it this way, “I didn’t watch it but everyone else did. Actually I don’t feel that bad about it, to be honest. My feeling on it is as it was before I did The Crown,” he says. Which is? “I think I find it really hard pinning the real royal family to The Crown. They feel so far removed. And basically,” he says, almost conspiratorially, “I had no interest in the royal family before I did The Crown. And I have very little interest now!”
With that said, Josh added that he is quite fond of Prince Charles in real life. “[I do have] a great fondness for Prince Charles as a person, because of all the research I’ve done”. But beyond that, he says, “I’m afraid I’m the last person who can comment!”
Now, as far as leaving his on-screen character to Dominic West, who will play Prince Charles in the 5th and 6th seasons of the series, he said, “I’ve been asked about it in the past and I’ve said it’s brilliant I don’t have to play him any more, which sometimes implies I didn’t enjoy it. And I absolutely loved it. But the reason I wanted to be an actor is to play different people. Playing that character has brought me a lot of joy. But it’s lovely to come away and go, ‘Great. Now hand it over to Dominic West.’”
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