Crowning Glory

The Crown star, Claire Foy, shares her thoughts on immortality, AI and what was on Queen Elizabeth's Spotify playlist

You’re starring in the film All of Us Strangers. It’s an incredibly nuanced story of loss, loneliness, love and the persistence of grief.

I connected with the idea of someone whose parents have died. We had a really traumatic loss in my family when I was very young, so I really felt that in a way. The fundamental principle of loving someone is that you have to accept that you’re going to, at some point, be deeply wounded by it.

We often think about the opportunity to talk to someone who has passed. I loved how the film unpacked what those conversations might look like.

It’s interesting being on the other side of the coin, playing a mother who didn’t get to see their child grow up or learn that their son was gay. I was able to live inside that experience of all the usual things that you feel as a parent, which is guilt that you’ve done a terrible job, whilst also being defensive about that in some way, and knowing that you only did your best and that we’re all fucked up.

It’s interesting because it echoes what’s happening in AI with grief technology.