Claire Foy talks "emotionally exhausting" H Is for Hawk role, playing queens, and why she must be in a "grief phase"

Claire Foy talks "emotionally exhausting" H Is for Hawk role, playing queens, and why she must be in a "grief phase"

This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine.Few actors capture the British “stiff upper lip” like Claire Foy. Many first discovered her quiet steel as Anne Boleyn in the BBC’s adaptation of Wolf Hall, but it was playing a young Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown that propelled her to stardom.Now, in new film H Is for Hawk (an adaptation of Helen Macdonald’s 2014 memoir of the same name), Foy plays a reserved Cambridge academic who adopts a …

H Is For Hawk Review – 'Too keen to avoid ruffling feathers'

Writer-and-director Philippa Lowthorpe’s (Misbehaviour, Cider With Rosie) feathered biopic, adapted from Helen Macdonald’s beloved memoir of the same name, is an unconventional riff on typical grieving narratives. Amid a cluster of recent heart-renders about bereavement — The Thing With Feathers (a fellow fowl-related film), Hamnet, Good Grief — this one stands out for its somewhat outlandish story. But, despite impeccable performances, there is…

H is for Hawk review: Grief and a thing with feathers

Philippa Lowthorne's shrewd adaptation of Helen Macdonald's memoir lacks some emotional nuance, but is a worthy addition to the canon of animal therapy films.