Claire Foy on 'H Is for Hawk': "I Couldn't Half

For reasons that might surprise you, Claire Foy won’t be putting a falconer’s glove back on any time soon.

It’s a conversation the Briton still can’t quite believe she’s having. Foy, famed for her Emmy-winning performance as a young Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown , was a far cry from the extremities of comfort and wealth attained only in the royal family’s opulent bubble while filming H Is for Hawk .

The Telluride-premiering biographical drama, directed by Philippa Lowthorpe and co-written by Emma Donoghue, required a crash course in falconry — the keeping and training of birds of prey — as Foy, who last appeared on the big screen in 2023’s All of Us Strangers opposite Andrew Scott, was tasked with wielding a goshawk for the majority of the shoot.

For reasons that might sur