Game of Thrones vet Jonathan Pryce to star in The Crown as final Prince Philip

Game of Thrones alum Jonathan Pryce, who just revealed that he survived the coronavirus after a stay in the hospital, has been cast in The Crown.

The Crown tells the story of the British royal family, starting in the 1950s when Queen Elizabeth II took over the throne from her father and ending sometime in the early 2000s. (For better or worse, the show won’t be covering more recent events like Prince Harry and Meghan Markle getting out of dodge, even though I would watch that.)

Along the way, different actors have played the royals at different times in their lives. The queen was played at first by Claire Foy, currently by Olivia Colman, and eventually by Imelda Staunton. Likewise, her husband Prince Philip was played first by Matt Smith and currently by Tobias Menzies. And now, Entertainment Weekly reports that Netflix has found an actor to play Philip in his old age: Game of Thrones alum Jonathan Pryce, who recently revealed that he survived the coronavirus after a stay in the hospital.

WINDSOR, ENGLAND – JULY 22: Prince Philip (C), Duke of Edinburgh takes part in the transfer of the Colonel-in-Chief of The Rifles at Windsor castle on July 22, 2020 in Windsor, England. The Duke of Edinburgh has been Colonel-in-Chief of The Rifles since its formation in 2007. HRH served as Colonel-in-Chief of successive Regiments which now make up The Rifles since 1953. The Duchess of Cornwall was appointed Royal Colonel of 4th Battalion The Rifles in 2007. (Photo by Adrian Dennis – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Pryce has had a long and impressive career, appearing in movies like Brazil, Evita, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Age of Innocence, the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and The Two Popes, but we can’t help it: to us he’ll always be the High Sparrow, who forced Cersei Lannister to take her Walk of Atonement.

Anyway, we won’t see him as Prince Philip for awhile. The show just aired its third season with a fourth on the way, and the older actors won’t come in until the fifth. It’ll end with the sixth…

…unless Netflix wants to extend things and cover the Meghan-Harry stuff, or even cast some new actors and show us what the royal family will look like in the year 2050! Just pitching ideas here.

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