The Broadchurch actress, 43, caused a stir when it was revealed she would be taking over the mantle of the monarch from Claire Foy, 33, who won a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal.
Yet despite revealing her excitement to play the next stage in the Queen’s life on the Netflix series, Olivia has admitted she’s secretly scared to get it wrong.
Luckily, veteran Claire was able to offer advice before filming, as Olivia opened up about what she’ll be going into for season three.
“She was just very supportive,” she told Radio Times. “She said I’ll have a lovely time, everyone on it is amazing; the voice coaching is impeccable.”
She continued: “Because they were all amazing, so I’m just full of fear because you don’t want to be the one who screws it up. She’s [Claire] lovely and she said I can call her anytime.”
Meanwhile, the star also explained how she found out she was tipped to bag the highly sought-after part, saying: “I got a phone call from my agent when I was in a car [telling her that she had been asked to meet with director Peter Morgan],” Colman said.
She went on to say: “I think I had fairly recently finished watching the first series, which I think I had done in about three nights – and so I was very excited.
“My agent was trying to be subtle, not knowing who was in the car with me and she went, ‘It’s something about a tiara,’ and I went, ‘Oh, it’s The Crown!’”
As yet, the role of Prince Philip and Olivia’s counterpart hasn’t been revealed, but the actress cheekily confessed that she would “love” her friend and colleague David Tennant to get the part.
“Oh can you imagine, how much fun!” she said. “We’d never get anything done, we’d just chat all day. That would be heaven!”
The Crown season 2 is set to air on Netflix later this year.
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