Speaking to Variety in 2016 about his decision to recast rather than age up the existing stars, Morgan said: “They would look ridiculous. It would be wrong.
“What’s so beautiful about Claire is her youth. You can’t ask someone to act middle-aged. Someone has to bring their own fatigue to it.
“The feelings we all have as 50 year olds are different than the feelings we all have as 30-year-olds. That informs everything we do.”
“Reflecting on finding a new actress to play the Queen, he said: “As she gets older I’ll have to have other actors take over. That will make me nervous about finding who’s good, who’s bad.
Now I could write for any of them immediately. Of course then you’d be finding new actors who’d be bringing new rhythms to the speech. New inflections, new strengths and weaknesses.”
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