Claire Foy has been thinking about typecasting in the industry.
As fans will know, Claire Foy portrayed Tudor queen Anne Boleyn in the historical drama Wolf Hall, in addition to her critically acclaimed role as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown.
Speaking to Radio Times magazine, the actress admitted that she has little interest in being typecast as a chic English woman.
“There aren’t that many queens and I made two! I think any more queens would be weird,” Foy said candidly.
She further reflected on how perceptions of casting can shape an actor’s career, especially as he grows older and seeks more varied roles.
“You’re presented with what people think you’re capable of. The goal as you get older is for that to become broader, not narrower,” she explained.
Speaking of her latest film, H is for Hawkthe actress admitted she was initially apprehensive about working closely with the notoriously difficult birds while portraying the role of Helen Macdonald.
The film sees her as a woman who finds solace in caring for a hawk after the death of her father.
“I was nervous! Hawks are the most difficult birds to deal with. Our bird trainers Rose and Lloyd Buck said, ‘Claire will foot,’ which is basically when the bird claws you, ‘because a hawk has never footed a falconer,'” she recalled.
“And our director (Philippa Lowthorpe) had to say, ‘No, she doesn’t!’, because otherwise we wouldn’t be insured,” Foy concluded.
