Princess Margaret greenlit casting Helena Bonham Carter in 'The Crown' from beyond the grave
, she did all the completely normal things an actor does to research a biographical role: read biographies, interviewed friends, and hired an astrologer, a graphologist, and a psychic medium in order to beg the deceased royal’s blessing of her performance.
“‘She said, apparently, she was glad it was me. My main thing when you play someone who is real, you kind of want their blessing because you have a responsibility. So I asked her: ‘Are you OK with me playing you?’ and she said: ‘You’re better than the other actress’ … that they were thinking of. They will not admit who it was. It was me and somebody else.
“That made me think maybe she is here, because that is a classic Margaret thing to say. She was really good at complimenting you and putting you down at the same time. Then she said: ‘But you’re going to have to brush up and be more groomed and neater.’ Then she said: ‘Get the smoking right. I smoked in a very particular way. Remember that – this is a big note – the cigarette holder was as much a weapon for expression as it was for smoking.’”Gillian Anderson via Ouiji board.
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