IN TWO MINDS
As they sometimes are in their new movie, Olivia Colman and Anthony Hopkins are in two different worlds today. The sun is shining at chez Hopkins in Los Angeles. The lamps are on in Colman’s abode in London. This double dose of British acting royalty is beaming in via Zoom. As the Listener is admitted to a session among half a dozen journalists from various European countries, the two are happily chatting about The Crown. Hopkins is wondering where it was filmed. Was that really Balmoral? Did you go to the actual Highlands?
The woman formerly known as QEII explains they used posh houses that could double for royal residences and that Buckingham Palace is a combo of studio and computer images. She likes to ruin things
