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Jonathan Pryce’s Star Shines Brightly In The “Twilight” With Emmy Nominations For ‘The Crown’ And ‘Slow Horses’
Jonathan Pryce collects Emmy nominations for Netflix's 'The Crown' and Apple TV+'s 'Slow Horses.'
Jonathan Pryce was more than ready to portray Prince Philip when the call came five years ago for him to embody Queen Elizabeth’s consort in the Netflix drama hit The Crown. Once Pryce burrowed into the whopping reams of background “the size of a book”, given him by The Crown ’s “enormous research department”, he realized that the Duke of Edinburgh, the title conferred upon him when they wed in 1947, “wasn’t this dour person” marching dutifully in his wife’s shadow. He teamed up with Eyre again, this time to star in the movie The Ploughman’s Lunch, which was soon followed by Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, followed by The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Age of Innocence, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Evita, Tomorrow Never Dies and a host of others.
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