Luther Ford Auditioned for ‘The Crown’ as a Joke — Now He’s in Cannes With Ira Sachs

Luther Ford Auditioned for ‘The Crown’ as a Joke — Now He’s in Cannes With Ira Sachs

THR's next Cannes Rising Star on being tempted into submitting a tape for the Netflix series, and co-leading 'The Man I Love' with Rami Malek and Tom Sturridge: "It's definitely the pinnacle of being in a film, for me."

CHOCHILINO Luther Ford Auditioned for ‘The Crown’ as a Joke — Now He’s in Cannes With Ira Sachs %

Luther Ford’s start in this industry began with a teasing dare from his relatives. The Londoner was already an admirer of the craft. He was studying film editing at a university in Bournemouth, on the U.K.’s south coast, but had never dreamed of being in front of the camera. Until four years ago, when a small Netflix series called The Crown — you might have heard of it — launched a country-wide casting call for the role of an adolescent Prince…