Olivia to play the Queen mum in new film

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Nine years after her death, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother is the subject of much competition in the film world.

After she was portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter in The King’s Speech, Queen Elizabeth will be played by Olivia Colman in Hyde Park on Hudson, about George VI’s 1939 visit to President Franklin Roosevelt in New York.

The actress, 37, who appeared in Peep Show, is not concerned about comparisons with Bonham Carter. “Our performances are going to be so very different that it would be pointless to compare the two,” she says.

In Madonna’s film about the 1936 Edward VIII abdication crisis, W.E., Queen Elizabeth will be played by Natalie Dormer.

Source: telegraph.co.uk – Olivia Colman mustard keen to play Queen Elizabeth the Queen mother