How Becoming Elizabeth Star Alicia von Rittberg Learned to Play Royal

“If the acting doesn’t go well,” says Alicia von Rittberg, “calligraphy could be my next career.” The star of the new series Becoming Elizabeth is in New York City just ahead of the show’s premiere—the first of eight episodes airs Sunday, June 12 on Starz—and she’s listing the skills she mastered playing Elizabeth I in the period drama. “I learned skills like horseback riding and dancing,” the 28-year-old, German-born actress says. “I had movement coaching and they tell you how to move with a certain posture, especially when the costumes slow everything down. All of these things were so interesting… Read Full Article