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Tobias Menzies on The Crown: 'It's such a strange role Prince Philip has'

By Emma Jacobs
Financial Times·
12 mins to read

The Crown star on playing the Duke of Edinburgh and bridging acting's gender pay gap.

Fame is tricky for an actor. Too much is professionally hazardous, says Tobias Menzies. "There is a profound chemical thing that changes when someone becomes very, very visible; the world [transforms for] that person.

"I like to be able to watch the world and not have you watch me too much," he adds. "A big part of being an actor is observing behaviour, how people

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