(Thats the term she usesbuggeredand she uses it twice: I was so nervous.
I didnt think I looked like her.
I was like, I dont knowIm not really what theyre looking for.
Honor Swinton Byrne in October 2023. 2024 plans to be a banner year for the actor, who is the daughter of Tilda Swinton.
And really kind of buggered up,buggered up, that audition.)
Right after, she met her boyfriend at the nearby pub for a pint.
Its okay, I didnt want it, anyway, she told him through tears.
Honor Swinton Byrne alongside herA Very Royal Scandalcostars, including Michael Sheen as Prince Andrew, Claire Rushbrook as Sarah Ferguson, and Sofia Oxenham as Beatrice’s younger sister, Princess Eugenie
But a few days later, she received a phone call:Shed got it.
She comes across as warm and a little bit nervous sometimes, she says.
Then, she tried to determine what that personality looked like when the cameras were off.
Whats all this about buggering up, then?
Byrne admits that its just her insecurity talking.
Thats when I get my imposter syndrome.
Her mom responded: Oh, its nice to give some range.
So going forward, Byrne always tried to do that too.
At first, it was during rehearsals for her school plays just outside Inverness in Scotland.
She played Ariel inThe Tempestand Abigail inThe Crucible.After seeing her inThe Crucible, her mothers agent signed her.
(Swinton, a longtime friend of Hoggs, played a supporting role as Julies mother.)
It wasfollowed by a sequelin 2021.
Byrne took a step back from acting while attending Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, where she studied psychology.
Now, however, shes ready to return to the camera.
Soon after, she booked Beatrice.
Byrne doesnt know why, exactly, she keeps being cast as posh girls.
But she does have two theories.
Shesoundsposh, which, as she Zooms with me from London, I can confirm.
Someone once said I looked horseywhich I thought was a fucking insult, she says, laughing.
To be clear: Byrne isnothorsey.
In fact, she cant ride a horse to save her life.
So she took lessons upon lessons.
She watched instructional videos.
She even tried bonding with her animal!
Shes never met the princess, by the way.
And she hopefully doesnt recognize me or know who I am.
The way Byrnes career is going, though?
That seems unlikelier by the day.
A Very Royal Scandalstreams on Prime Video from September 19.
