Vanessa Kirby is best known for playing Princess Margaret on The Crown. A conversation about daring roles, trust and a birth scene that made film history.
Interviewed by
Tobias Kniebe
The old rule that actors often appear smaller and more inconspicuous than in their films does not apply to Vanessa Kirby. The Englishwoman physically dominates every room she enters. And then she looks even more royal than her Princess Margaret in the Royals series “The Crown”, even more glamorous than the arms dealer she played in “Mission Impossible: Fallout”. In conversation, however, any third-rate series actress seems more self-absorbed than she is.