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Helena Bonham Carter on The Crown: 'I don't think they should carry on'

Helena Bonham Carter: "I should be careful here too, but I don't think they should carry on, actually."
Helena Bonham Carter: "I should be careful here too, but I don't think they should carry on, actually."

The Crown star Helena Bonham Carter has said she doesn't think the historical drama series should "carry on" and admits the show is "very different now".

The 56-year-old actress, who portrayed Queen Elizabeth's sister, Princess Margaret, on the third and fourth seasons of the award-winning Netflix series, admits she "loved my episodes" but doesn't think the show should go on for much longer "now it's crashed into the present."

Speaking to The Guardian, she said: "I should be careful here too, but I don't think they should carry on, actually.

"I’m in it and I loved my episodes, but it’s very different now. When The Crown started it was a historic drama, and now it’s crashed into the present."

In 2020, Bonham Carter said more distinction needed to be made highlighting the dramatisation of The Crown's events.

Discussing the matter on the show's official podcast, she said The Crown has a "moral responsibility" to remind viewers they are not watching a documentary: "I do feel very strongly because I think we have a moral responsibility to say hang on guys, it's not a drama doc, we're making a drama. They are different entities."

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