Bum's the word! Matt Smith flashes his bare buttocks in racy bedroom scenes from first episode of The Crown

By Ekin Karasin and Jason Chester for MailOnline

Published: 23:15 GMT, 4 November 2016 | Updated: 12:51 GMT, 5 November 2016

He called his naked scenes in The Crown his 'best bit of acting'.

And Matt Smith gave viewers a cheeky peek at this derriere in racy scenes from the hugely anticipated Netflix drama.

New stills show the Doctor Who actor, 34, rising from his bed as Prince Phillip sans clothes, before standing completely naked in his bedroom.

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Bottoms up! Matt Smith gave viewers a cheeky peek at this derriere in racy scenes from the hugely anticipated Netflix drama

The pictures show Matt at first lying in bed asleep, with sheets covering his modesty.

Then as he stands up, a revealing back shot reveals his toned physique in all its glory. 

Speaking about his steamy naked scenes, he told Metro: 'That was actually the best bit of acting I did in the whole thing. No word of a lie, it's my most truthful moment.' 

'Would it have been the same if he got up wearing a pair of pyjamas?

New series: The Crown follows the early partnership of Elizabeth and Philip as they are thrust into the limelight as a young couple when George VI dies and Elizabeth inherits the throne

Saucy: New stills show the Doctor Who actor, 34, rising from his bed as Prince Phillip sans clothes, before standing completely naked in his bedroom

He added: 'Is it not better that the king sees him and goes "oh no", and then they've got to go and shoot ducks together?'

The Northampton-born star claimed shooting in the nude stayed true to Prince Philip's own preferences, who is rumoured to sleep naked. 

Matt is flanked by Claire Foy, who plays the current British monarch Queen Elizabeth I. 

The Crown follows the early partnership of Elizabeth and Philip as they are thrust into the limelight as a young couple when George VI dies and Elizabeth inherits the throne. 

Revealing: The pictures show Matt at first lying in bed asleep, with sheets covering his modesty

Hitting a bum note: Then as he stands up, a revealing back shot reveals his toned physique in all its glory

Meanwhile, Matt recently told Graham Norton Show that he 'almost died' while filming a tricky scene as the young Prince.

'We were in South Africa and these horses were being a bit frisky,' he explained. 

'We were meant to get on them and trot off and have this lovely love scene, which didn't even make the cut!'

Going live: Series one will be available to stream in its entirety from Friday night on Netflix

By royal appointment: Claire and Matt portray Elizabeth II and husband the Duke of Edinburgh in what is the most expensive TV series to have ever been produced

He added: 'In my stupidity I got on the horse and cantered around and then it just went. 

'I tried to grab a branch and everyone was shouting, 'Oh, my god, don't grab the branch!' 

'So I went under the branch and then down a ravine. I was so scared. As it galloped towards a herd of zebra a huge man grabbed it by the reins and saved my life.'   

Near miss: While Claire plays The Queen, former Doctor Who star Smith takes equal plaudits as beleaguered husband Prince Philip in The Crown 

Near miss: Joining Claire and fellow guests Ben Affleck and Sir David Attenborough, he admitted he 'almost died' while filming a tricky scene as the young Prince

Elizabeth met Philip several times throughout the 1930s when she was a teenager and was engaged to him by the summer of 1947. 

By the autumn of that year, they were married.

But their newly-wedded bliss was short-lived when Elizabeth's father, King George VI, died in 1952, rendering Elizabeth the new monarch immediately.

This allegedly caused tension in the early years of her reign, which Matt elaborated on in the interview. 

The Crown has been raved about by television reviewers and has already been commissioned for a second series, which Matt and Claire confirmed on air they have begun filming. 

The Crown airs on Netflix from November 4 2016. 

Critical acclaim: The Crown has been raved about by television reviewers and has already been commissioned for a second series

Coming soon: The Crown will air on Netflix, November 4 2016 

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