{"id":25232,"date":"2022-11-05T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1732974"},"modified":"2022-11-05T09:35:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T08:35:15","slug":"the-crowns-lesley-manville-on-seriess-delicious-james-bond-connection","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-crowns-lesley-manville-on-seriess-delicious-james-bond-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crown\u2019s Lesley Manville on series\u2019s \u201cdelicious\u201d James Bond connection"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 05 November 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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We\u2019re mere days away from the release of The Crown<\/a> season 5 and getting to see the new cast<\/a> in action, including Imelda Staunton as the Queen, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip and Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret.<\/p>\n

In season 5, Margaret is set to come face to face again with her old flame Peter Townsend, who Elizabeth forbade her from marrying in season 1 of the Netflix<\/a> series where he was played by Ben Miles.<\/p>\n

Townsend is played by former James Bond<\/a> star Timothy Dalton in the new season, and Manville has now explained why she thinks audiences will find there to be \u201csomething quite delicious\u201d about the casting.<\/p>\n

Manville said: \u201cI had met Timothy a few times over the years, just socially, and when I knew they were going to have a Peter Townsend, I did actually suggest him so I\u2019m really pleased that came to fruition.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret in The Crown season 5.<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix\/Keith Bernstein<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Manville continued: \u201cHe was quite a bit older than Margaret. He was 16 years older. So, you\u2019re looking for somebody in their 70s who is still looking dashing, and I just thought he ticked the box absolutely. He came over from LA, and he kept saying to me, \u2018I\u2019m only doing this because of you.\u2019 It\u2019s nice, because we\u2019re friends now, we phone each other up.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I felt this enormous pressure to make it a nice time for him. Luckily, he had a lovely time. He could have done without the dancing, and I\u2019m saying no more on that! As it happens, he did it beautifully in the end and it looks marvellous. He was really lovely to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actress added:\u00a0\u201cI know this is a naughty thing to say, but there\u2019s something quite delicious about the audience thinking that Margaret\u2019s ex-lover was once James Bond. You can\u2019t help but think that, because Timothy is so linked to that role, and he\u2019s very happy to be linked to that role. It\u2019s very Margaret, isn\u2019t it, to be dancing with James Bond? She\u2019d have loved it.\u201d<\/p>

Manville previously said that she thought Dalton was \u201cspot-on\u201d<\/a> as Townsend, while she also explained earlier this year why The Crown is such a \u201cfantastic series to work on\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cEvery department is people at their best \u2013 costumes, hair and make-up, writing, directors, actors. It\u2019s a fantastic series to be involved in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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