It's really no surprise that this highbrow drama about English royalty is the most expensive ongoing series of all time, with a $130 million price tag per season. The cast is full of seasoned, well-known actors, including John Lithgow, Claire Foy, Jared Harris, and Matt Smith — with Helena Bonham Carter on the way, might we add. Between the show's cast and its lavish tiaras, coronation gowns, and royal scepters, rolling out the big bucks was inevitable.
Lithgow, who portrays Winston Churchill, revealed that the production isn't necessarily as glamorous as the final product. "We were in draughty, old, rundown, superannuated stately homes outside of London, where they had taken over the interior in order to made it look extraordinary lavish," the American actor told The Daily Beast.