College students in Scotland are sharing behind-the-scenes glimpses of 'The Crown' season 6 as actors film university scenes on campus
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- Students at the University of St Andrew's in Scotland have been going viral on TikTok this week.
- The students have been capturing actors on the set of Netflix's hit show "The Crown."
- Season six of the show is set to portray Prince William's time at the university in the mid-2000s.
Students at the University of St Andrew's in Scotland are sharing behind-the-scenes footage of actors from Netflix's "The Crown," as they film scenes for the show's latest season on campus.
The videos, many of which have been posted under the hashtag #standrews, show actors Ed McVey and Meg Bellamy, who will star as Prince William and Kate Middleton in the upcoming season, filming scenes together inspired by the true story of how the two royals met while studying together at St Andrew's.
According to British news outlet The Independent, the actors have been filming in Fife, Scotland, for several days, and were at one point spotted with Dominic West, who plays Prince Charles on the show.
One TikTok clip had on-screen captions saying that "the actors were actually so sweet," and the student and her friends were holding up a sign that said "go girlie" while the actor was filming. It showed Bellamy pointing and smiling at a student's camera and then holding up a signal with her hand that formed half of a heart shape.
Another TikTok posted by the same user, which has 255,000 views, featured a slideshow of images taken on campus, which she said showed what it looked like behind the scenes during filming. On-screen captions on the images described "police everywhere," and "students constantly accidentally walking into the filming area."
A different user said in a video that crew from the show asked to put a filming light in her university room, and paid her £50, or around $60, to do so.
"If the lighting is looking extra good in season six of The Crown just know it was coming from my bedroom," a caption on the post, which has 746,00 views, read.
The user and representatives from "The Crown" did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
Commenters under the viral clips said they were excited to see advance glimpses into what the upcoming season of the show looked like, and some also said they thought the casting was incredibly believable.
"I have seen so many st andrews crown clips that I have basically seen season 6," one user wrote.
On TikTok, user-generated behind-the-scenes clips from big film sets often go immensely viral. In November, students at the University of Greenwich gained millions of views for capturing footage from the set of the Netflix series "Bridgerton," which was being filmed on their campus at the time.
Prince William and Kate Middleton married in April 2011, six years after graduating from St Andrew's. According to Deadline, season six of Netflix's "The Crown" is set to explore William's time at the university, while also portraying him as a younger man, played by Rufus Kampa, as he copes with the death of his mother, Princess Diana.
Season six is set to be the show's final season; a release date for the episodes is yet to be confirmed, according to Digital Spy.
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