The Crown star Erin Doherty looks as though she’s in no mood for horseplay after starring as a young Princess Anne in the new Netflix series.
Asked what playing the the champion rider famous for plain speaking has taught her, Erin, 28, told Town & Country magazine: “I hope it’s a commitment to being honest.
"I hear myself saying things and I’m like, ‘Oh no!’ But it is better for it in the end, I would never have had the courage to do that.
"She’s given me some form of bravery.”
On leaving the role behind, Doherty said she has “thought about this woman for hours and probably months”.
“Months and months of contemplating her mind-state, so it’s kind of like mourning someone at the end,” she added.
The actress also reflected on the challenges of working in the entertainment industry.
“People easily pass comment on your job and what you do and it makes you very aware of that harsh judgement,” she said.
“It kind of turns you on yourself.”
Series four of The Crown, which is set in the late 1970s, is available on Netflix from Sunday.
* The winter issue of Town & Country is on sale from tomorrow (12 November 2020).
