'The Crown' star Jason Watkins feels as though he has a "duty of care" to research his characters who are real people. The 'Line of Duty' star wanted to portray Wilson accurately as he will be a familiar figure to older viewers who remember his two tenures as Prime Minister from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976. He said: "He's such a familiar figure, particularly to the older generations, that one has to capture that. Watkins also feels that the grand scale of 'The Crown' meant shooting the program felt like being a movie set and said that each episode is like a mini "film". The Queen has a view of him thinking that he may have been connected with the Russians.

Source: Daily Sun November 17, 2019 07:41 UTC