How movies and television helped define Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II's reserve inspired screenwriters, filmmakers and other creative personalities to try to get inside her head.

LONDON — In the 21st century, anyone with a smartphone or an internet connection does not lack for information about celebrities. The era of TikTok and TMZ has broken down barriers, making public figures feel nearer to us, reduced to human scale.

The late Queen Elizabeth II was a notable exception. 

In her decades on the throne, cultural mores evolved dramatically, but Her Majesty remained much the same despite being one of the most famous people in the world: reserved, withdrawn, poker-faced and, to most, fundamentally unknowable.

That never stopped screenwriters, filmmakers and other creative personalities from attempting to get inside the queen’s head. In doing so, many viewers believed they understood a woman who did not exactly reveal much of her inner life to us.

Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II in the fourth season of "The Crown."Liam Daniel / NetflixPeter Morgan, the British writer of stage and screen, probably did more than any other contemporary artist to shape public perceptions of Elizabeth. He wrote the Oscar-winning biopic “The Queen” and then created “The Crown,” the glossy Netflix saga that splits the difference between earnest docudrama and giddy fan fiction.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/queen-elizabeth-dies-ii-pop-culture-television-movies-rcna46977


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