article_snippet: Casting bosses searched through thousands of children on acting registers but couldn't find a suitable young actress to play the future Queen of England.
article_snippet: Show makers initially searched through casting companies in search of a little pale-skinned girl with curly red hair to play Elizabeth, but couldn't find anyone suitable.
article_snippet: the little actress said: 'We didn't realise how big it was going to be.
article_snippet: It was quite surreal to see the little actress on TV.
article_snippet: We forgot how young the little actress looked.'
highlights_snippet: Casting bosses hunted in vain for a little girl with curly, ginger hair .
  