Speaking at the Newport Beach Film Festival Awards, the actress playing Princess Anne on the Netflix hit series confesses the pressure of playing a well-known public figure got to her.
- February 1, 2020
AceShowbiz - Actress Erin Doherty suffered a "minor meltdown" after landing her role as British royal Princess Anne in "The Crown".
The star joined the hit Netflix show for its third season and, speaking at the Newport Beach Film Festival Awards, she confessed the pressure of playing a well-known public figure got to her.
"I have hidden from a lot of it (press attention). It is your thing for so long, and then it is released and people are suddenly aware of you," the actress, who has appeared in British TV shows "Call the Midwife" and the BBC's version of "Les Miserables", said, reported U.K. newspaper the Evening Standard.
"It was an overload for me. So I turned away from it. I got the job. And then I had a minor meltdown. I thought so many people will be like, 'She wasn't what I thought she would be.' I had to be like, 'You know what, this is my version of this woman.'"
She added: "Also, not a lot of people of our generation knew her. So in a way it was an introduction."
And despite feeling prepared after studying videos of the Queen's daughter on YouTube, she confessed working alongside such a high-profile cast also affected her.
"The whole first week for me was like, 'Erin, calm down'," she said. "My legs were shaking. I was shaking because there was Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Colman. It was a lot."
Season three of "The Crown" is out now.
