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Lesley Manville can't wait to kiss Mark Strong "eight times a week". The 68-year-old actress - who played Princess Margaret in the later series of Netflix show 'The Crown' - will co-star with Strong, 61, in a new stage adaptation of 'Oedipus' in London's West End and she is excited about getting up close and personal with the hunky actor. She told The Mirror: "I’m looking forward to kissing Mark Strong on stage eight times a week." Leslie also revealed her ambition to play Meryl Streep's younger sister, saying: "I want to play Meryl Streep’s younger sister, and I think I could! She is great. S...
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'The Crown' leads the list of nominees for the BAFTA TV and Craft Awards. The hit Netflix series - which centres on the reign of Queen Elizabeth - has received eight nominations in total, including nods for Leading Actor (Dominic West), Supporting Actor (Salim Daw), Supporting Actress (Elizabeth Debicki and Lesley Manville), Costume Design, Make-up and Hair Design, Sound, and Special, Visual and Graphic Effects. Elsewhere, 'Demon 79' - the fifth and final episode of the sixth series of 'Black Mirror' - has received the second-most number of nominations, with seven in total. The episode has bee...
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Jack O'Connell, Eddie Marsan and Lesley Manville have been cast in the Amy Winehouse biopic 'Back to Black'. The trio have boarded the new movie that will star Marisa Abela as the tragic Grammy-winning singer. The film is being directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, who was close friends with the music star before she passed away at the age of 27 in 2011. O'Connell will play the role of Blake Fielder-Civil, who married Amy in 2007 but divorced the star prior to her passing after a turbulent relationship filled with booze and drugs. Marsan will star as Winehouse's father Mitch and Manville is to portr...
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Lesley Manville "always thought" she was going to play Queen Elizabeth on 'The Crown.' The 66-year-old star is the latest actress to take on the role of the late monarch's sister Princess Margaret - who died in 2002 at the age of 71 - in the Netflix biographical series but thought when she was asked to meet with creator Peter Morgan that she would be playing the Queen herself before the part went to Imelda Staunton. She said: "It’s funny. I’m going to be absolutely honest about this. I always thought maybe I could be the final Queen. When my agent called and said, ‘Can you go to Peter Morgan’s...
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Lesley Manville enjoyed the "lighter" aspect of her role in 'Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris'. The 66-year-old actress stars in the new comedy-drama as Ada Harris, a tough English cleaning lady who becomes obsessed with acquiring a Dior dress and living a glamorous life after her husband is declared dead by the British army, and felt it was the ideal project for her after playing tougher roles. Lesley told Variety: "It was a very nice contrasting character to play with some of the characters I've been playing who were, let's just say in a kind of blanket way, not as nice as Ada. And I thought it'd b...
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Lesley Manville feels under pressure playing Princess Margaret in 'The Crown'. The 65-year-old actress will portray the late royal in the hit Netflix series, and Lesley insists she'll do more than an "impression" of the princess. Lesley told Best magazine: "You don't just want to do an impression because I am not Rory Bremner on his impressions show! "It's my version of Princess Margaret." Lesley is also following Vanessa Kirby and Helena Bonham Carter by playing the late princess. And the actress is full of praise for her predecessors. She said: "I also have to pick up the baton from Vanessa ...
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Lewis Hamilton has been given a knighthood. The Formula One star has been made a Sir in the New Years honours list, with other recipients of honours including Sheila Hancock, Craig David and actors Lesley Manville and Toby Jones. Stefano Domenicali, Formula One’s incoming CEO, said: "Lewis is a true giant of our sport and his influence is huge both in and out of a car. What he has achieved is phenomenal with still more to come. All of us at Formula 1 congratulate him on this well deserved recognition of his achievements and look forward to seeing more of his brilliance in 2021." Meanwhile, She...
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