The Crown’s Claire Foy refuses to sign a fan’s autograph with a blue pen
If you want an autograph from The crown alum Claire FoyMake sure you don’t offer her a blue pen.
One disgruntled fan discovered that fact when Foy, 39, arrived at Rockefeller Center in New York City on Friday, December 15. viral videothe Emmy winner is seen declining the request as she was escorted by security.
“I don’t do blue, sorry,” Foy said in the clip. The surprised autograph seeker replied, “What?” Foy repeated, “I don’t do blue,” as countless paparazzi snapped her photo. As the British actress continued walking, the shocked fan could be heard groaning, “Oh, come on.”
However, moments later, Foy stopped to sign an autograph for someone else who had a black sharpie.
Several people criticized Foy for ignoring the first fan.
“That’s the weirdest thing,” one user wrote. “No blue, wonder what the reason is?” “I loved her so much since the crown,” a second person commented. “But was quite disappointed in her here.”
Other fans defended Foy, claiming that blue ink was actually easier to imitate than black to create fake memorabilia.
“Most celebrities and athletes are taught not to use blue ink because you can scan and forge the signature of other things and sell them,” one fan explained.
Basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers Patrick Beverly previously mentioned on the “The Pat Bev Podcast with Rone” in December 2022 why he does not sign autographs with a blue pen.
“I learned, maybe after my third year, that you can’t use a blue pen because they can take that signature and put it on another shirt and sell that, but you can’t do that with a black pen or gray pen,” he said.
Foy portrayed a young Queen Elizabeth II The crown, which earned her two Emmys, two SAG Awards and a Golden Globe. After the first two seasons the role was played by Olivia Colman in seasons 3 and 4, followed by Imelda Staunton for seasons 5 and 6.
Foy told People that she has no regrets about leaving the show, where she has made several guest appearances over the years.
“I have a lot of love for the people who are still doing the show, but for my own sanity, I ended the show when I ended it,” Foy said in an interview earlier this month. “I let it go and moved on and I think that’s quite healthy.”
Foy has been acting professionally since 2008 and has more than 30 TV and film credits. She is best known for her work in The crownbut she doesn’t want to be known only for her starring role in the Netflix series.
“I don’t feel like I’m defined by playing Queen Elizabeth,” she continued. “It’s a huge honor that people liked that character and therefore see me as that character. So I try not to actively go against that.”
Queen Elizabeth II’s de facto press secretary Dickie referee did not approve of Colman and Staunton’s performances, but he praised Foy’s portrayal of his former boss.
In an interview with Deadline which was published on Sunday, he described Foy as “brilliant” in the series.
The last episodes of The crown debuted on Netflix on Thursday, December 14.