Claire Foy
2/4/202651 min
We’re in the presence of royalty this week, it’s award winning actress (and phenomenal Queen Elizabeth II) Claire Foy! Mum really pulled out all the stops to make the most regal of afternoon teas for our star of 'The Crown' - homemade madeleines, mini trifles and even coronation chicken sandwiches. Claire is fresh from making her latest film 'H is for Hawk' and we heard all about the training process she went through to become a Goshawk handler. We also discover Claire is a sucker for a dessert, would love to star in Six The Musical, is always surp...
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First 90 secondsJessie Ware· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Table Manners. I'm Jessie Ware, and I am in Clapham with Lennie.
Lennie Ware· Host0:08
Yep.
Jessie Ware· Host0:09
You're in a bit of pain today.
Lennie Ware· Host0:10
My period, whatever it is.
Jessie Ware· Host0:12
Your what?
Lennie Ware· Host0:13
I don't know. Some sort of spasm in my bottom, so beware.
Jessie Ware· Host0:18
Okay. Sorry about that.
Lennie Ware· Host0:19
Yeah.
Jessie Ware· Host0:19
Um, we're doing tea today.
Lennie Ware· Host0:21
Yeah.
Jessie Ware· Host0:21
Afternoon tea.
Lennie Ware· Host0:22
Mm-hmm.
Jessie Ware· Host0:23
Fit for a queen.
Lennie Ware· Host0:24
Oh, I hope so.
Jessie Ware· Host0:25
We have Claire Foy coming over, who is just, like, an incredible actress.
Lennie Ware· Host0:30
Wow, she's so good.
Jessie Ware· Host0:31
One of the greats.
Lennie Ware· Host0:32
Yeah.
Jessie Ware· Host0:32
Queen Elizabeth, obviously, in The Crown.
Lennie Ware· Host0:34
Perfect. She played such an interesting bit- It was a really good- ... in that ...
Jessie Ware· Host0:38
I think, yeah.
Lennie Ware· Host0:39
Where she falls in love with Prince Philip- She's so fantastic ... and she's so beautiful.
Jessie Ware· Host0:43
She played Andrew Scott's mother in All of Us Strangers, which was heartbreaking.
Lennie Ware· Host0:49
And she was amazing in that.
Jessie Ware· Host0:50
Amazing. I mean, she's been in so many things.
Lennie Ware· Host0:52
Yeah.
Jessie Ware· Host0:52
But most recently she is in H is for Hawk, which was- Yeah ... is an adapted memoir, which is about grief, really.
Lennie Ware· Host1:00
Yeah.
Jessie Ware· Host1:01
And this woman, an academic, who gets a goshawk. If somebody said they had a goshawk, I wouldn't know what they were talking about.
Lennie Ware· Host1:09
No, but- But now I would ... but when he came out, when they had the little helmet on, I thought that's how their heads were. I didn't realize she had a helmet on.
Jessie Ware· Host1:16
The helmet's quite fab.
Lennie Ware· Host1:17
Yeah, strange, isn't it?
Jessie Ware· Host1:19
Is it supposed to block the- But it's to cover their eyes ... both sides. Anyway, I now know loads about hawks- Yeah ... and I'm quite amazed that Claire Foy's co-star was a hawk.
Lennie Ware· Host1:28
Yeah.
Jessie Ware· Host1:28
And she acted well