The Crown: Prince William and Kate will be played by actors making their TV debuts, according to reports | Ents & Arts News
Netflix is said to have selected the actors who will play Prince William and Kate Middleton for the sixth season of The Crown.
According to Deadline, the two actors will play William, as he goes from a teenager to a young adult.
Rufus Kampa will play the prince, aged 15, while Ed McVey will take on the role of William in his late teens and early 20s, according to reports.
Meg Bellamy has been cast as his future wife, KateDeadline said.
The couple became the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge after they married in 2011, when William was 28 and Kate was 29.
All three actors are new to television roles.
Kampa will appear in episodes showing how the Royal Family deals with the death of William’s mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, in August 1997, Deadline said.
The young actor has gained a wealth of stage experience after making his West End debut three years ago, having played the role in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole 13 & 3/4: The Musical by Sue Townsend and has performed in several shows. works beyond the West End.
McVey graduated from the Drama Center London last year and starred in the play Camp Siegfried at the Old Vic.
Photo of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in July. They met in 2001 while at the University of St Andrews
His plot lines in The Crown will include William flirting with Kate, including how they met at the University of St Andrews in Scotland in 2001.
Kate will be portrayed by Bellamy, a television novice who has been involved in amateur plays and filmmaking.
She and Kampa were auditioned after submitting a self-recorded video after a casting call on social media.
The sixth season of Crown will be filmed later this year, with season five expected to be released in Netflix in November.
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