Minnie Driver says she couldn’t be extra thrilled to be part of season 2 of Starz’s The Serpent Queen, even when it did take a small military and several other hours every day to show into Queen Elizabeth I.
Speaking with ET’s Cassie DiLaura on the 2024 CMT Music Awards on Sunday, the 54-year-old Good Will Searching actress — who was revealed to be becoming a member of the second season of the historic drama again in March — stated she underwent greater than three hours of hair and make-up every day to develop into the “Virgin Queen.”
“It was a really lengthy course of remodeling into Queen Elizabeth I but it surely was actually, actually unimaginable,” she stated. “It’s the most superb present, The Serpent Queen, this summer season — I am unable to wait.”
She provides, “[It was] about three-and-a-half hours, and that was with wardrobe as effectively, like, it was intense. … Unimaginable hair and make-up, unimaginable costumes, that is what I signed up for, you understand? That is the place all of it started, you need to play dress-up as a child.”
Photographs launched by Starz over the weekend present an unrecognizable Driver dolled up in pale, powdery make-up and a pink wig to painting the 14th-century monarch — the daughter of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII. Elizabeth I served as monarch from 1558 till her dying in 1603.
For her position, Driver will play Elizabeth I as she goes toe to toe with the present’s protagonist, Catherine de’ Medici, portrayed by Samantha Morton.
“My gosh, it’s sizzling, it’s dramatic, it is saucy, it is humorous,” she stated of the upcoming season. “Samantha Morton is a beguiling badass. She’s superb, everybody on this, everybody in it — they’re actors on the high of their recreation. Yeah it is actually, actually, actually good.”
The present, tailored from the biography Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda, tells the story of de’ Medici’s rise to energy in France after marrying Henry II. She dominated as France’s queen from 1547 to 1559 and is regarded to today as probably the most influential ladies in French politics as she additionally gave beginning to 3 of France’s kings, in response to Britannica.
Driver stated that it’s the fierceness of her personal character in comparison with that of Morton’s that makes for an attention-grabbing match-up and what is going to certainly be enjoyable for followers to look at. She additionally advised ET that she regards her character as probably the most memorable and one that won’t quickly depart her.
“She’s fierce, imagine me, I’ve not been in a position to let go of Queen Elizabeth I. I shall be dedicated to her eternally,” Driver stated. “I imply, as a Brit, it is astonishing, it is an honor and it is actually thrilling.”
The Serpent Queen additionally stars Liv Hill, Sennia Nanua, Charles Dance, Ludivine Sagnier, Beth Goddard, Colm Meaney, Kiruna Stamell, Barry Atsma, Alex Heath, Amrita Acharia, Enzo Cilenti, Antonia Clarke, Adam Garcia, Raza Jaffrey, Ray Panthaki, Nicholas Burns, Danny Kirrane, and Rupert Everett. A launch date for the second season has but to be shared however it’s anticipated to drop over the summer season.
Hosted by Kelsea Ballerini, the 2024 CMT Music Awards have been held on the Moody Heart in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, April 7, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The present aired on CBS and is out there to stream reside and on demand through Paramount+.
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