Meg Bellamy and Ed McVey are stepping into the spotlight asKate MiddletonandPrince William.
On Sunday, the young actors attended the season 6, part 1 premiere ofThe Crownat Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles. Bellamy and McVey hit the blue carpet with castmates Elizabeth Debicki, Khalid Abdalla, Jonathan Pryce, Luther Ford, Rufus Kampa and Fflyn Edwards four days after theSAG-AFTRA strikecame to a close through a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
“I’m very glad the strike is over. It was an incredibly, incredibly difficult time for many, many people,” Debicki tells PEOPLE.
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Bellamy and McVey posed for photos together at the L.A. premiere and smiled in snaps with Ford. The actress even wore ared poppy pinto mark Remembrance Day weekend in the U.K. just like Princess Kate did at theFestival of Remembranceon Saturday andNational Service of Remembranceon Sunday in London.
(L-R) Khalid Abdalla, Fflyn Edwards, Elizabeth Debicki, Rufus Kampa, Luther Ford, Ed McVey, Meg Bellamy, and Jonathan Pryce attend Netflix’s ‘‘The Crown’’ season 6 premiere in Los Angeles on November 12.Phillip Faraone/Getty Images
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Meg Bellamy and Ed McVey attend the Los Angeles Premiere of Netflix’s “The Crown” Season 6 Part 1 on November 12.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Told in four episodes, the streamerpreviously saidpart 1 will follow the relationship betweenPrincess Diana(Debicki) andDodi Fayed(Abdalla) before the fatal car accident in Paris in 1997. PEOPLEpreviously confirmedthat the moment of impact will be excluded fromThe Crown.
Kate Middleton and Prince William pose for photos after their engagement was announced on Nov. 16, 2010.Chris Jackson/Getty
Dominic West will also be back in character as then-Prince Charlesas Pryce reprises his role asPrince Philip, Lesley Manville portraysPrincess Margaretand Imelda Staunton stars asQueen Elizabeth. Salim Daw is also back as Mohamed Al Fayed, and part 1 will see Rufus Kampa and Fflyn Edwards make their debuts as a young Prince William andPrince Harry.The Crownhas changed the cast every two seasons to reflect the characters aging through the decades, and Kampa and Edwards make their debuts as a youngPrince WilliamandPrince Harry.
In an interesting twist, McVey, Ford and Bellamywill all countseason 6 ofThe Crownas their first professional television appearance!
Ed McVey, Meg Bellamy and Luther Ford attend the Los Angeles Premiere of Netflix’s “The Crown” Season 6 Part 1 on November 12.Robin L Marshall/WireImage
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Bellamy auditioned to casting directors after submitting self-taped videos following a casting call on social media, according toDeadline, which was the first to report the news last year. Meanwhile, McVey graduated from Drama Centre London in 2021 and has understudied theater roles, while Ford studied directing at Arts University Bournemouth and has produced several shorts, theoutletsaid.
source: people.com
