Imelda Staunton says she will have to get Olivia Colman and Claire Foy out of her head as she takes on the role of playing the Queen.
The actress, 64, will take over from Colman, 46, and her predecessor Foy, 36, in lavish period drama The Crown. Asked whether she had been preparing for the role, she told The Zoe Ball Breakfast show on BBC Radio 2: “Well of course I have… “I’m just quietly getting on with research and quietly watching films of her and old footage and that sort of thing. “I just have to bide my time, just sort of let it seep in. (I) Just need to absorb it somehow, but also realise that I’ve watched Claire Foy and I’ve watched Olivia Colman, and then I have to get them out of my head and just move forward. “I have to take the
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