'The Crown': Jonny Lee Miller Joins Cast as U.K. Prime Minister John Major for Season 5 | THR News - video Dailymotion

He joins Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville, Dominic West, Elizabeth Debicki and Jonathan Pryce for the show's final two-season reign.

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00:00How many times can this family make the same mistake?

00:03I am the son of a...

00:05Paying the consequences each time.

00:07Another star has been tapped for Season 5 of The Crown.

00:11Johnny Lee Miller, best known for Trainspotting and Elementary,

00:14has been cast in Netflix's hit royal show and is set to play British politician John Major,

00:20who led the country from 1990 to 1997.

00:23Gillian Anderson, who played Major's predecessor Margaret Thatcher for Season 4,

00:27won a Golden Globe for her performance alongside wins for both Josh O'Connor as Prince Charles

00:32and Emma Corrin as Princess Diana.

00:34Miller joins an already heavy lineup of stars as The Crown enters its final stages.

00:39Melda Staunton is set to take over from Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth,

00:43Leslie Manville swapping shoes with Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret,

00:47Dominic West replacing O'Connor as Prince Charles,

00:50Elizabeth Debicki replacing Corrin as Princess Diana,

00:53and Jonathan Price taking over from Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip.

00:57The show is due to begin shooting next month.

01:00For more casting news and updates, head to THR.com.

01:03For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.