Claire Foy.Photo: ALASDAIR MCLELLAN FOR WSJ. MAGAZINE
Claire Foylives a self-professed “very normal” life as a mother, but like most parents, she can’t help wanting to give her little girl more than she had growing up.
In an interview published Wednesday withWSJ. Magazinefor its February Talents & Legends issue, the notoriously private star ofThe Girl in the Spider’s WebandThe Crownreveals one thing she wants 3½-year-old daughterIvy Rose‘s childhood to include that hers didn’t.
“Holidays. We never had enough money to travel,” says Foy, 34, who has two older siblings. “[It doesn’t have to be] fancy, just swimming in a pool, a time that is happy and [about] exploring.”
ALASDAIR MCLELLAN FOR WSJ. MAGAZINE
Claire Foy.ALASDAIR MCLELLAN FOR WSJ. MAGAZINE
The Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actress tellsWSJ. Magazinethat she doesn’t have any new projects scheduled at the moment, and is committed to bonding as much as possible with Ivy before she begins school full time — even if she does feel it’s “completely self-indulgent” of her.
“I only have a year left with her. I just can’t bear it,” Foy admits of her daughter, whom she shares with exStephen Campbell Moore. (The former coupleannounced their separationin February 2018 after four years of marriage.)
“There is a quote, and I am not sure if I am remembering it right … ‘Having the option of doing the extraordinary makes the ordinary more extraordinary.’ That makes sense to me,” she says, adding elsewhere in the interview, “I am very confident in saying I deserve a rest.”
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Motherhood didn’t slow Foy down initially, though. In fact, she landed the part ofQueen Elizabeth IIinThe Crownin late 2014 when she was “very pregnant,” remembers casting director Nina Gold.
“We got her in the long gloves and tiara. She did the audition, and we just forgot she was pregnant,” Gold tellsWSJ. Magazineof Foy. “She’s just got those amazing eyes — you feel like you can see into her. She has this transparency. Butshe also has steel.”
Shooting long hoursfor the Netflix show while still breastfeedingwas difficult, but Foy was successfully able to prioritize both her work schedule and motherhood.
WSJ. Magazine’s Talents & Legends issue hits newsstands on Jan. 19.
source: people.com
