The Crown's Victoria Hamilton says Harvey Weinstein 'looked her up and down' before first nude scene
Mia Phillips
Updated on March 31, 2026
Actress Victoria Hamilton has revealed she had a brush with Harvey Weinstein when he visited her in her trailer right before she filmed her first ever nude scene - and said it was a godsend he didn't fancy her.
The London-born star, who played the Queen Mother in series one and two of The Crown, was 28 when she was cast in the role of Maria Bertram in the 1999 film adaptation of Mansfield Park.
Now 48, Victoria described how the disgraced movie mogul, who produced the flick, knocked on the door of her trailer and 'looked her up and down'.
She said she was about to do a nude scene for the first time and was 'absolutely terrified' - downing half a bottle of wine for Dutch courage while she had her make-up done.
Actress Victoria Hamilton has revealed she had a brush with Harvey Weinstein when he visited her in her trailer right before she filmed her first ever nude scene
The actress, who played the Queen Mother in the first two series of The Crown (pictured), said it was a godsend the producer didn't fancy her
'There was an enormous knock on the door and this huge man was suddenly in my tiny trailer, towering above me,' she told the Telegraph.
'He looked me up and down in my robe and said: "D'you know what? We spent hours in rooms with people saying this part has to go to a beautiful actress. And I was the one who kept saying, "No, no, give it to the funny kid..."
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Share'I'm sure he thought it was a compliment - and before I went on to do my first ever clothes-off scene - and I was like, "Wow. OK!" But now I think thank God he didn't fancy me or who knows what could have happened.'
Victoria dismissed a recent rumour that she's expecting a third child. She is already mother to two sons, Tam, 10, and Hal, eight, with fellow actor Mark Bazeley.
Victoria, pictured as Maria Bertram in the 1999 film adaptation of Mansfield Park, was about to film her first ever nude scene when Weinstein knocked on the door of her trailer and 'looked her up and down'
Weinstein, pictured leaving court during his sexual assault trial in New York earlier this week, told Victoria he'd cast her for being 'funny' not 'beautiful'
While playing the Queen Mother alongside Claire Foy as the Queen, she revealed she had to wear a bosom built into the stomach of her dresses.
'I had my boobs, and the Queen Mum's boobs hanging lower down,' she told the publication. 'It was very much a four-boob role.'
Victoria is set to star in Cobra, a new six-part apocalyptic thriller for Sky, playing the role of Anna Marshall, a government chief of staff to Robert Carlyle's prime minister.
She told how her character 'incredibly' has a sex life, something she pointed out was unusual 10 years ago for an on-screen woman over 40 because they weren't considered 'attractive enough to be sexually active'.
Victoria is set to star in Cobra, a new six-part apocalyptic thriller for Sky, playing the role of Anna Marshall, a government chief of staff to Robert Carlyle's prime minister. Pictured as the Queen Mother with actor Jared Harris in The Crown series one
The actress said the #MeToo movement, as well as Scandi noir, has helped changed this outdated perception.
Victoria previously claimed viewers are turning off from dramas that feature 'fake' sex scenes and cosmetically-enhanced women.
Last year she said there's never been a better time to be a female actor over the age of 40, with better roles on offer for the first time.
She told the Guardian that people now want to see 'real bodies and real people', and credited hard-hitting dramas such as The Killing.
Cobra airs on Sky One on January 17 at 9pm.
