The Crown bosses start hunt for ‘stunning’ Kate Middleton lookalike to play royal in final series of Netflix show
THEY’VE just put out a casting call for actors to play Princes William and Harry in the final series of The Crown — now the show’s creators are set to do the same for Kate Middleton.
The sixth season covers the period from 1997 into the early Noughties, which is when the future king and queen first met at St Andrew’s University.
But as Kate would only be a relatively small supporting role, the casting team only want to feature her if they can find an actress who captures her English Rose looks.
A TV insider said: “Having the Duchess of Cambridge starring is an easy win for The Crown, as the creators know it will get more people watching.
“Particularly as it will show her relationship with William just as their romance starts to blossom when they were both students.
“But since she’s not necessarily a crucial part of the storyline, Kate’s presence is essentially a bonus, they’ll only cast someone if they can find the right candidate.”
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Last month The Crown put out an appeal for actors to play William between the ages of 16 and 21, and Harry between the ages of 16 and 20.
So naturally they targeted the call-out at schools, sixth forms, drama groups and universities across the country.
They made it clear that they were: “Looking for a strong physical resemblance.” But no previous acting experience was required.
It also points out that shooting for the final series starts in August of this year — which means they now have just over a month to find somebody.
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I’m sure they won’t struggle to hire two lads to play the princes — but finding someone as stunning as Kate will be a real challenge...
Bill's still g-ot it
IT’S been two years since they lifted the Glitterball trophy, but Bill Bailey and Oti Mabuse are still sparkling.
Oti, who won Strictly with Bill in 2020, appeared on This Morning to promote new musical The Cher Show.
And after bumping into Bill outside the studio, she dragged him on to bust some moves.
Oti said: “I just ran over to him and gave him a big hug.
“I haven’t seen him since the Euros football.”
CHANNEL 5’s pet farmers, Rob and Dave Nicholson will embark on the trip of a lifetime, leaving West Yorkshire for the US’s Wild West.
The pair will try their hands at a cattle auction and even line dancing for Rob & Dave’s Big Texas Rodeo.
Watch it on April 19 at 9pm.
Jordan a mystery man
APPEARING on I’m A Celebrity catapulted him to primetime, but Jordan North swiftly learnt not everyone watches the ITV reality show.
The Radio 1 DJ had to prove who he was when a bailiff didn’t recognise him.
Talking on the Help I Sexted My Boss podcast, he explained: “It was 8 o’clock in the morning and there was a real banging on the front door and I was like ‘Christ, who is that?’
“They’re not called bailiffs they’re called court enforcement officers and they said, ‘Are you such and such’ and I said, ‘No they don’t live here anymore’.
“I had to prove it wasn’t me and then prove I’d moved in last November and I had to sign a form.
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“Then he switched on this camera thing on his vest and I was like ‘Great, now I’m going to be on Channel 5’s Can’t Pay We’ll Take It Away’ so if you see a face blurred out in the corner of the door next series and it’s my voice, it probably is me.”
More telly work will surely help, Jordan.
LEE MACK is back with new primetime quiz show, The 1% Club.
One hundred contestants will compete using just logic and common sense.
Lee said: “If, like me, lack of general knowledge frustrates you when you do quizzes, then watch.”
The ITV show starts on Saturday at 8.30pm.