Kampa plays William in 1997, but the role will also soon be taken on by Ed McVey, who will star as William when he is at St Andrews University and starting a relationship with Kate Middleton, who is played by Meg Bellamy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Creator Peter Morgan has claimed<\/a> that scenes with William, Kate and Prince Harry in the back half of season 6 will \u201cblow the doors off\u201d and be \u201criveting\u201d. But who is McVey?<\/p>\n Read on for everything you need to know about The Crown\u2019s Prince William star, Ed McVey.<\/p>\n Ed McVey is a British actor who will first be seen on screen playing Prince William in The Crown season 6 part 2.<\/p>\n McVey has previously performed on stage at The Old Vic and Hammersmith Riverside Studios, but playing Prince William will be the first role that many viewers see him in<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Ed McVey is 24 years old.<\/strong><\/p>\n McVey is British<\/strong>.<\/p>\n He grew up in Devon and studied acting at the Drama Centre London, from which he graduated in 2021.<\/p>\n While McVey has previously performed in theatre productions, playing Prince William in The Crown is his first on-screen credit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Ed McVey has spoken with Cosmopolitan<\/a> about his role as Prince William, saying it was easy to find footage to study of the royal as he is one of the only member of the family who has \u201cbasically been documented since birth\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI was really able to watch him grow up,\u201d McVey explained, \u201cand I really, really studied him.<\/p>\n \u201cI was given lots of research by our incredible research team that are the best in the business, and they read and cross reference everything, and they send you this massive pack, which basically covers everything to do with the scripts that can be cross referenced in articles and books.<\/p>\n \u201cI only read up to where my timeline finishes. So only when he leaves uni, or the bit that I knew in the script was my part to do. Because I didn\u2019t want to get murky with later information that didn\u2019t affect what Peter Morgan had written.\u201d<\/p>\n McVey also said that he felt William had been misconstrued, finding that \u201cpeople consider him to be quite serious, or like the sort of \u2018straight one\u2019 [while] Harry\u2019s the \u2018fun one’\u201d.<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cBut no, he\u2019s incredibly fun and has a massive sense of humour. He\u2019s not like this sort of serious, straight guy; he\u2019s really fun and playful and has a lot of banter.\u201d<\/p> He is <\/strong>\u2013 you can find his profile at @ed_mcvey_<\/a>.<\/p>\n No<\/strong>, Ed McVey does not appear to currently have an account on Twitter\/X.<\/p> Who is Ed McVey?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>How old is\u00a0<\/strong>Ed McVey<\/strong>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
What nationality is\u00a0<\/strong>Ed McVey<\/strong>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
What has\u00a0<\/strong>Ed McVey <\/strong>previously starred in?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
What has\u00a0<\/strong>Ed McVey <\/strong>said about his role in The Crown?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>Is\u00a0<\/strong>Ed McVey <\/strong>on Instagram?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Is Ed McVey on Twitter?<\/strong><\/h2>\n