Josh O’Connor has a theory. Had the lockdown not happened, had so many people not seen season four of The Crown while he, like the majority of other Brits, were mostly stuck inside, he thinks…
Had the lockdown not happened, had so many people not seen season four ofwhile he, like the majority of other Brits, were mostly stuck inside, he thinks he would have noticed a gradual increase in people spotting him on the streets. “But because of COVID, we’re suddenly all out of lockdown and … it’s a real shock to the system,” he explains. “Before I wasn’t recognized at all, and now I am.
The reason this theory has been raised is because the waitress in the pub where we’re meeting has just let out a loud “Oh my God” on seeing whom she was serving a beer to. It’s almost too perfect a reaction during an interview — O’Connor readily admits it sounded like he’d “called ahead” to set it up — but it’s clearly becoming a regular occurrence for the 30-year-old.