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Luther Ford Auditioned for ‘The Crown’ as a Joke — Now He’s in Cannes With Ira Sachs

The Hollywood Reporter·Lily Ford·19 days ago
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Luther Ford’s start in this industry began with a teasing dare from his relatives. The Londoner was already an admirer of the craft. He was studying film editing at a university in Bournemouth, on the U.K.’s south coast, but had never dreamed of being in front of the camera. Until four years ago, when a small Netflix series called The Crown — you might have heard of it — launched a country-wide casting call for the role of an adolescent Prince Harry. “I did [it] as a joke,” Ford says through giggles to The Hollywood Reporter . “My brother’s wife sent it to me like, ‘You’re ginger. Get out there.’ And then I got the part.” Three weeks after that self-mocking self-tape, a Mercedes-Benz was waiting outside one of Bournemouth’s student accommodation blocks. Ford, with nothing but a well-timed resemblance to the redheaded royal, was due on set. “ The Crown was scary,” the 26-year-old recalls. “That’s a hard place to start because you’re literally learning while you’re doing it.…

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