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The Crown's Princess Anne star felt 'pressured' to hide sexuality after landing role
The Crown's Erin Doherty has revealed she was under pressure to hide her sexuality after landing the role of playing Princess Anne.Erin, 30, became a household favourite after playing the quick-witted Princess who is known for not taking any nonsense from anybody.However, the star who has been open about her relationship with fellow actress Sophie Melville has explained that while she's comfortable in her sexuality, this wasn't always the case.READ MORE: The Crown resumes filming days after Queen's death amid funeral production delayIn a heartfelt admission, the star detailed the "gutting" moments she questioned if she and Sophie, should go public with their blossoming relationship.Erin said: "I'm not gonna lie, I won't name names, but when I got The Crown, I felt a lot of pressure to withhold my sexuality."She went on to tell The Daily Telegraph: "There was a period of time when I was like, do I get to be open about this in order to have a successful career? "And the fact that that question still went through my mind, and may still go through other people's minds, is so gutting."I'm really aware of all the people who have lived years and years and years, either in shame or denial, or just hiding - actors, actresses definitely stopping it getting out there in order to have a career - and I just want to be a part of trying to do something about that."The happy couple met in 2018 when they were both appearing in The Divide, written by Alan Ayckbourn but Erin refrained from going public about their relationship until 2019.During her time on The Crown, one scene saw her character, The Princess Royal confront the Queen played by Olivia Colman about her involvement in the then Prince Charles' affair with Camilla Shand and her
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The Crown’s Erin Doherty ‘felt a lot of pressure to withhold sexuality’ in fear of jeopardising a ‘successful career’
The Crown star Erin Doherty has revealed she felt ‘a lot of pressure’ to withhold her sexuality, and questioned whether going public with her relationship with her girlfriend would jeopardise her career.The 30-year-old actress played Princess Anne in the third and fourth seasons of the hit Netflix drama, which dramatises the life and reign of the Queen.Erin, who is in a relationship with Call The Midwife actress Sophie Melville, has opened up on the pressures she felt and the difficulties she faced in expressing her sexuality, as she discussed how hard it must have been for women in the royal family to express their own sexuality.She shared: ‘I felt a lot of pressure to withhold my sexuality,’ adding that when she landed her role in The Crown, she felt reluctant to be open about her sexuality in case of it jeopardising her career.‘There was a period of time when I was like, do I get to be open about this in order to have a successful career?’ she continued to The Telegraph.‘And the fact that that question still went through my mind, and may still go through other people’s minds, is so gutting.’Erin added: ‘I’m really aware of all the people who have lived years and years and years, either in shame or denial, or just hiding – actors, actresses definitely stopping it getting out there in order to have a career – and I just want to be a part of trying to do something about that.’Erin met Sophie in 2017, when the pair starred together in Alan Ayckbourn’s play The Divide, however, it wasn’t until two years later when Erin shared pictures of them together on Instagram.Speaking about playing the Princess Royal, Erin commented on how ‘aware’ Princess Anne would have been about coming under scrutiny for being as open about her
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Erin Doherty on rule in relationship with actress Sophie Melville 'We understand limits'
Netflix series The Crown, where she appeared as Princess Anne.She lives with her girlfriend and fellow actress Sophie Melville, known for her role in The Pact.The two are rarely seen together, but in a recent interview, Erin opened up a little about her relationship and the rule they have for each other when it comes to their work.Erin told Porter magazine: "Sophie and I don’t go up for the same roles, but we understand the limits of each other’s work."When a self-tape audition comes in, both of us are like, 'Let’s drop everything and get it done.'"She also revealed they enjoy binge watching reality TV together, including her favourite The Great British Bake Off.But watching the delicious cakes is as close as she gets, as the actress confessed Sophie has helped her ditch her sweet tooth."She's made me so healthy!" she laughed."I used to sit at home eating a bag of chocolates and now we have like, a kale salad."Erin is set to star in new BBC drama Chloe, where she plays Becky, a temp from Bristol who becomes obsessed with a girl called Chloe, who she follows on Instagram.After Chloe dies, Becky escapes her reality of living with her mum, who has early onset dementia, and is compelled to find out what happened.She uses all that she's learnt about Chloe online to infiltrate her life by pretending to be someone else.Erin hopes the series, who was written by Alice Seabright, a writer on Sex Education, will encourage us all to think twice about sharing our location on posts.And the actress admitted she couldn't be more the opposite of her character."I'm so introverted, it’s wild," she told the publication."I feel a bit sorry for people who grew up only on Instagram."I used to use MSN then turn off the computer and go
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