‘The Lady’ Stars Mia McKenna-Bruce and Ed Speleers on Bringing Jane Andrews and Tommy Cressman’s Tragic Story to Screen: ‘We’ll Never Know What Happened Behind Closed Doors’

Apr 1, 2026 6:00am PT ‘The Lady’ Stars Mia McKenna-Bruce and Ed Speleers on Bringing Jane Andrews and Tommy Cressman’s Tragic Story to Screen: ‘We’ll Never Know What Happened Behind Closed Doors’

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SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for Episode 3 of “The Lady,” available now on Britbox in the U.S.

Based on the way Mia McKenna-Bruce and Ed Speleers’ characters first meet in the second episode of “The Lady,” one would think the series is a rom-com.

Filming on the swanky lower level of steakhouse Smith & Wollensky on a sunny day in London last May, the two actors spent several takes making sure they got the moment just right. It’s 1998, and Jane Andrews (McKenna-Bruce) — who has just been let go from her glamorous job as a royal dresser for Duchess Sarah Ferguson (Natalie Dormer) — is waiting to meet a friend at the bar. Fitted in a little black dress and flouncy ’90s curls, Jane orders two cosmopolitans before she gets a message that her friend isn’t coming after all.

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