A very young Kate Middleton was practicing sports outdoors with her headphones on when she ran into William, the heir to the throne of the United Kingdom, who could not resist turning and looking at her. This is how, it seems, how The Crown intends to relate the beginning of the idyll between the princes of Wales according to the leaked images of the filming of the sixth season.
The actors Ed McVey and Meg Bellamy, who play the couple, were hunted while filming scenes near the University of Saint Andrews in Scotland, as reported by the Anglo-Saxon media. And, in theory, the idyll should take time to forge considering that, according to Prince William, they were first good friends and, after a year of friendship, the romance that led them to say "yes, I do" finally "flourished". at Westminster Abbey in April 2011.
It is, therefore, a juicy role for the actors involved, who follow in the footsteps of actors such as Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Emma Corrin and Josh O'Connor to make the leap to the international market in one of the British productions with more visibility and travel, which won the Emmy for best dramatic series in 2021. In the case of Foy and O'Connor, they also won the Emmy for their performances.
For both Meg Bellamy, 19, and Ed McVey, 21, this is their first job in front of the cameras. And, in the case of McVey, he will share the role with Rufus Kampa, a 16-year-old actor who will play the adolescent version of the prince in this production that is characterized by making sure to change actors to better represent the life stages of him.
The sixth season of The Crown will be its last and will cover the reign of Queen Elizabeth II from the death of Diana Princess of Wales until her death in September last year. The episodes, as always, will be written by Peter Morgan and in the role of the monarch will be Imelda Staunton, who already played the role in the fifth season.
She will be joined by Elizabeth Debicki as Diana, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, Jonathan Pryce as the Duke of Edinburgh, and Dominic West as Charles. It remains to be seen if, in the case of Bellamy and McVey, the roles will be relevant or if, instead, being the queen's grandchildren they will have to settle for a supporting role.
