The Crown Season 5: Imelda Staunton & Jonathan Pryce on Filming Season 6

In Netflix’s hit drama series The Crown, showrunner Peter Morgan details Queen Elizabeth II’s ascension to the throne throughout the decades. Inspired by true events, each season chronicles the luxuries, political intrigue, and the romances that have made up the Royal family’s reign since the ’40s. In Season 5, Academy Award-nominees Imelda Staunton assumes the role of the Queen, taking over for Olivia Coleman, and Jonathan Pryce as her husband Prince Philip, following fellow Game of Thrones co-star Tobias Menzies. In their interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub, Pryce shares his experience as His Royal Highness of Season 5’s, from HBO’s Game of Thrones to The Crown, while Staunton praises the show’s former, award-winning cast for the high bar they set, and discusses setting an even higher bar for the coming seasons. They also share how, even seasons into the series, no one on cast or crew lacks commitment, the excitement and intrigue of changing cast each season, and what fans can expect go