'Pregnancy cravings!' Elle Fanning shares hilarious snacking snaps from the set ...

'Pregnancy cravings!' Elle Fanning shares hilarious snacking snaps from the set ...
'Pregnancy cravings!' Elle Fanning shares hilarious snacking snaps from the set ...

Elle Fanning got into character as pregnant monarch Catherine as she shared a hilarious array of snacking snaps from the set of The Great on Monday.

Season 2 of the hit show will see the actress, 23, depict Catherine's first pregnancy with the star posting a slew of snaps captioned 'pregnancy cravings.'

The snaps showed Elle chowing down in cheese and crackers, with some smeared over her face, before enjoying a wrap and some pastries.

Fun: Elle Fanning got into character as pregnant monarch Catherine as she shared a hilarious array of snacking snaps from the set of The Great on Monday

Fun: Elle Fanning got into character as pregnant monarch Catherine as she shared a hilarious array of snacking snaps from the set of The Great on Monday

She later posed up with some sausages in the funny photos.  

The actress' character will spend the bulk of this season pregnant with her first child.

While promoting this new season with Entertainment Weekly, Fanning revealed she prepped for her character's pregnancy by watching footage of her older sister, 27-year-old Dakota Fanning, being born.  

She revealed during the interview that her research included talking to a midwife, while also watching birthing videos, including some of her own mother, Heather, though there is no footage of her own birth.

Bumping along: Elle sported a fake bump as she posed with Gillian Anderson, who plays Catherine's mother Joanna

Bumping along: Elle sported a fake bump as she posed with Gillian Anderson, who plays Catherine's mother Joanna

'I was born during a tornado, so they couldn't video when I was born because the hospital was in lockdown — which is very fitting, I think,' Elle said with a laugh.

 'But I do have a tape of my mother giving birth to my sister (Dakota), and she didn't have any drugs or anything. So it's scarred in my brain of what that's

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