The Crown Star Vanessa Kirby Shares Swimsuit Photo From Anguilla

1. Smoothie In the Morning

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Kirby starts the day with a smoothie made of bananas, blueberries, lemons, oats, and almond milk. "I don't eat first thing in the morning," she says. "I used to. I always used to have a really early rye bread with avocado, but now I've gotten really into smoothies... I get really hangry, that is uncomfortable for the people around me. Super grumpy. I'll eat anything."

2. Learning To Fight

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Kirby enjoyed the physicality of her role in Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw. “It’s the elbow move!” she says. “The stunt team realized quite early on that my punches would knock nobody out and so they were like, ‘how are we going to make this remotely believable?’ Instead of doing a straight punch, which I tried to do badly, you rotate from the hips and use your whole body. You can’t do a follow through; you’ve got to reverb! It’s also a great dance move!”

3. Female-Led Films

Kirby loves how many more female-led movies there are being developed. “I’m really excited by that,” she says. “There are so many stories about women that haven’t been told. And it’s not about putting a woman in a male role and her playing the equivalent of the masculine alpha. Which I also can’t identify with. I don’t feel like I recognise that person, this invincible woman. I want to see women who are humans. I want to see those really raw, big journeys that [female characters] used to have. I really feel that’s my mission, to play a part in bringing that back.”

4. Playing a Princess

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Kirby is proud of her role as Princess Margaret on The Crown. “She’s this incredible mixture, this huge color palette,” she says. “She has this range, that’s what’s so fun to play. On a piano it’s all the scales. Those people are rare, especially on screen. I loved her for that. She was the strongest person, the most potent energy. Intense as hell. A major life force. Burn bright, live hard. And at the same time, underneath, like a scared little girl.”

5. Lucid Dreaming

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Kirby compares acting, and the emotional impact of the craft, with lucid dreaming. “It’s almost like lucid dreaming,” she says. “Like when you wake up from a dream and it really stays with you. You’re not sure: did that really happen, or did you just imagine it? I’ve learned to understand it. And I know how to do it without making it risky. I have boundaries and I have tools. Once you know it’s happening you can handle it.”

1. Joining the Cast

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Kang was incredibly nervous when she joined the cast of You. “I was in the show, You, and that was a huge shift for me,” she says. “It’s my same producer and even the same director for some episodes at Batwoman, Marcos Siega, who have seen me grow up. I remember I had never really been on a set before; I had been an extra and did some student films, a ton of theater but that was the first time that I had been on a set of that scale before. I remember I was in hair and makeup and felt like the most pampered and fabulous person (laughs). I was walking around in my own music video. They told me we are going to be filming episode two and I had only received episode one, so as a theater or as any actor, I always thought my first time I was going to be so prepared and so ready but here I was sitting in a full panic in hair. I just told myself to breathe.”

2. Batwoman Role

Kang is proud of her Batwoman role (as Mary Hamilton) and hopes there will be many more like it. “Don’t we just love strong female characters and female empowerment?” she says. “I think that’s what our show arguably does best. I think, you know, if you look at our top cast, it’s overwhelmingly women, and that doesn’t happen. And we aren’t talking about men; we aren’t needing men to tell the audience about ourselves. That is my favorite thing. That is also one of my favorite things about Mary. She is unapologetically herself in the way she dresses, in the way she comes into a room, in the way she takes on risk.”

3. New York Roots

Kang has a soft spot in her heart for New York. “I always say New York was my coming of age story, it was my cultural awakening. In that way, I owe it so much,” she says. “All of the hard lessons and the big triumphs for me, at the beginning of my career, all happened in New York City, which is like the prologue of a book. The move to LA was for work since I am in Vancouver shooting Batwoman. I thought it would be great to have my US-base be in LA since I am here for ten months out of the year.”

4. She’s an Empath

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Kang goes out of her way to be kind to newcomers. “I am such an empath; when we have guest stars, I can feel their energy,” she says. “I like to say, you are doing incredible. If we have time and a lot of scenes together I definitely make an effort to rehearse with them. My favorite part is when you feel the trust and you can feel entitled in a good way to the space and the scene. Maybe you can try something or something comes about that you didn’t anticipate— it’s like lightning in a bottle—that’s what we are trying to capture.”

5. Championing Diversity

Kang is proud of her Korean heritage, and representing it on screen. “Diversity, it’s this beautiful thing,” she says. “It’s this beautiful palette, because, listen, we tell incredible stories, but the people in Gotham, I think that’s a really, really great, exciting thing about it; it goes along with the tempo and the themes of our show in the first place. If we’re going to make another show in Gotham in 2019, 2020, then what are we going to say this time that hasn’t already been said before? The thing is, is that Gotham is made up of a bunch of people, a bunch of different people who have tons of different layered experiences.”

Discover the intriguing fitness and wellness secrets of 'The Crown' stars as we delve into the personal health journeys and routines of the talented cast, revealing how they maintain their physical and mental well-being amidst the demands of portraying historical figures. From Claire Foy's candid discussion on managing anxiety to Olivia Colman's transformative fitness approach, each slide offers a unique glimpse into their lives. Learn about Matt Smith's stunt challenges, Tobias Menzies' tennis obsession, Vanessa Kirby's diet preferences, and more. Here's how these renowned actors stay fit, healthy, and balanced.

1. Claire Foy

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Claire Foy played Queen Elizabeth ll on the first two seasons. She opened up about having anxiety to The Guardian. “It’s plateaued,” she says. “All your shit – and everybody has shit – it doesn’t go away. It’s still there, but I guess I don’t believe it so much any more. I used to think that this was my lot in life, to be anxious. And that I would struggle and struggle and struggle with it, and that it would make me quite miserable, and that I’d always be restricted. But now I’m able to disassociate myself from it more. I know that it’s just something I have – and that I can take care of myself.”

2. Olivia Colman

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Olivia Colman played Queen Elizabeth ll on the third and fourth seasons. She works with trainer, Dalton Wong, to help her stay in shape. "Dalton has changed the way I look at fitness and nutrition," Colman told Harper’s Bazaar. “He’s been an absolute rock to me and helped me change my body shape completely. He definitely delivers."

3. Matt Smith

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Matt Smith played Prince Phillip on the first two seasons. He currently stars on House of The Dragon, and he tells The Hollywood Reporter that he does his own stunts on the show. “There’s a lot of stunts involved, and that was challenging over quite a long period. It’s a big 10-month shoot. So physically, it was really draining. But there are those big scenes where you sit around the table that are quite challenging because there’s so many characters to cover and it takes days and you’ve got to remain sharp and focused.”

4. Tobias Menzies

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Tobias Menzies played Prince Phillip on the third and fourth seasons. He tells The Guardian that he likes to play tennis. “When I started playing again, I thought, ‘OK, I’m going to do my 10,000 hours, I’m going to start again.’ I’m monomaniacal, I get slightly obsessive. I don’t get bored by hitting forehands for six months, that’s just how my brain is.”

5. Vanessa Kirby

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Vanessa Kirby played Princess Margaret on the first two seasons. She talked about her diet secrets to Harper’s Bazaar. "I don't eat first thing in the morning. I used to. I always used to have a really early rye bread with avocado, but now I've gotten really into smoothies."

6. Helena Bonham Carter

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Helena Bonham Carter played Princess Margaret on seasons three and four. She revealed to Stylist that she and her husband like to cook, and shared some of their meals. “I make mean roast chicken, which is not exactly a dish. I’m quite good at cooking a piece of meat with a lovely sauce. I love sauces. Tim, unfortunately, does not – he likes simple things. His perfect dish is pasta. A very simple caprese. That’s all. You just dump it on the pasta and he’s very happy.”

7. Victoria Hamilton

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Victoria Hamilton played Queen Elizabeth on the first two seasons. She talked about being an older actress to The Guardian. “I think there’s never been a better time to be an actress over 40. They really are starting to write fully rounded protagonist roles for women who aren’t 35. I never thought, at 48, I’d be doing a job that had a love story written into it. If you’d told me that 10 years ago, my jaw would have been on the floor. Your fuckability quotient – wait, you can’t put that in an article.”

8. Erin Doherty

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Erin Doherty played Princess Anne on seasons three and four. She revealed to The Guardian that she stays away from social media. “Social media makes me really nervous. I hold it at arm’s length, and only really use it for work purposes. I’m really proud of the projects I’ve done. I’ll do anything to help those. But with personal stuff, I don’t get involved because it’s just terrifying.”

9. Gillian Anderson

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Gillian Anderson played Margeret Thatcher in season four. She told InStyle that she has a good sense of humor about herself. “The business I'm in sometimes takes itself very seriously, and it's easy to take oneself seriously in this business. I've found that the way to survive is to not do that. Part of that is finding ways to allow rejection to roll off your back. You have to keep showing up and moving forward — even after not-great reviews or a flop — and maintain a sense of humor. Of course, there are certain things I don't take lightly at all. I have less of a sense of a humor around emotional stuff and relationships.”

10. Emerald Fennell

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Emerald Fennell played Camilla Parker Bowles in seasons three and four. She talked about her career and success in an interview. “I’m very aware that part of my luck was that I had parents who lived in London who were able to support me. I have to work really hard because that head start that people like me get, you need to prove you deserved it.”