.JoshOConnor15 talks his big Emmys win and muses about what's next for him after TheCrown.
Josh O’Connor learned the hard way that an Emmy can be a royal pain as an unintentional weapon. Hugging someone at the end of the Sept. 19 ceremony in downtown Los Angeles while holding his new statuette, the “Crown” star — who had just prevailed for lead drama actor — accidentally knocked himself in the forehead with one of Emmy’s sharp wings.
In a lengthy interview, O’Connor does just that, explaining how the devoted “Shakespeare man” is done playing members of the contemporary royal family, why he recently relocated to New York and where his renewed enthusiasm about the possibilities of a post-pandemic world might take him . “‘WandaVision’ had a table, ‘Lovecraft Country’ had their table, and ‘Bridgerton,’ everyone had their gang,” he says. “You are like a family when you make a show like that. And so it was strange not to have them there…. I’d have people coming over to me being like, ‘And what show are you guys in?’ And honestly, my table was so nice. They were all so lovely. I couldn’t tell you what the theme of our table was — I think it was ‘the misfits.’ People who didn’t have their mates.
That includes O’Connor’s win, which Mackie lauds for recognizing his portrayal of Prince Charles. “A performance depicting an intelligent, thoughtful, sometimes troubled man, lost in love and marriage; it was emotionally nuanced, disarmingly complex, beautifully pitched,” she says. “Such an intuitive, intelligent performance.”O’Connor’s co-star — and as of Sunday, fellow Emmy winner — Colman raves about the tenderness he showed on-screen and his ability to inhabit the role.
As “The Crown” started picking off drama awards one by one, it soon became apparent that O’Connor would probably have his moment onstage. Ironically, the star had earlier placed a bet — literally — on one of his category competitors. “I put money on Billy Porter. I’m a huge fan. I love ‘Pose,’” he says of last year’s winner in the category. “So, in some ways, I lost! It is such a shock. You never expect yourself to win.
“Michaela Coel is one of the greatest writers we have in our country right now,” O’Connor says. “She is brilliant. And yeah, you’re right, it was a good night for the Brits.” O’Connor famously wasn’t sure he wanted to take the “Crown” job, not knowing how interesting or challenging it might be to play Prince Charles. But by the end of his tenure on the show, he relished the experience and how much the character changed — not necessarily for the better — under his watch.
O’Connor also reunites with Colman in the film, although they only have one scene together. “It was quite fun, and kind of surreal,” he says. There is also quite a bit of full-frontal nudity for O’Connor, but it’s something he felt was critical to the film. “It’s strange to see yourself nude on a big old cinema screen; that is an odd experience,” he says. “But it’s an odd experience seeing yourself on screen anyway. I think the nudity has to be there.
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