“They offered me the part in person, which was so so sweet. It felt like a proposal; it was the best moment of my life.”

Though you would have been forgiven for not having heard of Emma Corrin a year ago, she is now poised for household name-do, the young actor set to take on the role of ‘the people’s princess’, Lady Diana Spencer, in Netflix’s hit show The Crown, as well as venturing into the world of the supernatural in EPIX’s Pennyworth. We talked to Emma about how she got the role, balancing acting with a Cambridge degree, and where she sees herself in five years time.”

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