They say getting your big break in showbiz takes talent and luck.
For Josh O’Connor it has taken a little more than that – he also needed sticky-outy ears.
When Josh heard season three of Netflix hit The Crown was being re-cast, he knew his luck was in.
He says: “I did think immediately, ‘Who’s gonna play Charles?’ I don’t know anyone my age who’s got these. They’re not huge but they stick out.”
Once he’d bagged the dream role, he quickly realised it was actually a bit of a nightmare.
He says: “The first thing I learned is that it’s totally impossible to replicate the real man. I don’t know who he is, none of us do.”
Josh has mastered the things we do know about the prince, though.
He has got his walk “like a tortoise”, he says, “down to a T”.
Josh had a blast filming The Crown, especially working with a certain Oscar winner. He says: “You have to stop yourself mid-way through a scene and be like, ‘I’m acting with Olivia Colman!’
“But then she’s also got this amazing thing where they call ‘cut’ and she’s like, ‘Shall we have a cup of tea?’” They say never find out what your heroes are like in real life but I’m not sure what could be more perfect than that.”
The full interview is in this week’s edition of ES Magazine.
