Recalls, for example, leading actor from The Crown in the soup (6)
I believe the answer is:
potage
'soup' is the definition.
(I know that potage is a type of soup)
'recalls for example leading actor from the crown' is the wordplay.
'recalls' says the letters should be written in reverse (I've seen 'recall of' mean this).
'for example' becomes 'eg' (short for 'exempli gratia', 'for example' in Latin).
'leading' says to take the initial letters.
'from' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the crown' becomes 'top' ('top' can be a synonym of 'crown').
The first letter of 'actor' is 'a'.
'eg'+'a'+'top'='egatop'
'egatop' backwards is 'POTAGE'.
'in the' is the link.
(Other definitions for potage that I've seen before include "French soup, usually thick" , "> sort of liquid nourishment" , "Thick, often creamy soup" , "which is fairly thick" , "Stock food item" .)