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‘The Crown’s Jonathan Pryce “Bitterly Disappointed” By “Fellow Artistes” Who Attacked Netflix Drama; Imelda Staunton & Lesley Manville Suggest Reason For “Heightened” Tension Towards Series
27.10.2022 - 14:45 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: The Crown’s Jonathan Pryce, who portrays Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in the show’s upcoming fifth season, has told Deadline he’s ”bitterly disappointed” by those he termed “my fellow artistes,” for publicly criticizing the drama and demanding it carry a disclaimer.
Pryce was referring to comments made by Judi Dench in The Times where she called the series “cruelly unjust to the individuals and damaging to the institution they represent.”
The grand Dame, no stranger to portraying royals, having won an Oscar for her portrait of Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love, and a BAFTA for starring as Queen Victoria in Mrs Brown, asked that a disclaimer be played at the start of each episode stating that The Crown is a “fictionalised drama.”
Netflix subsequently added a disclaimer to the series description for the latest trailer but stopped short of adding the message to the trailer itself.
Oscar-nominee Pryce argued that “the vast majority of people know it’s a drama. They’ve been watching it for four seasons.”
In a view shared by cast colleagues Imelda Staunton and Lesley Manville, who respectively play Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret in season 5, Pryce noted that the public outbursts attacking The Crown “came about because of an enhanced sensitivity because of the passing of the Queen.”
Manville agreed and said that the ongoing hostility towards the Netflix and Left Bank series was ”certainly heightened” by the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8.
Manville told Deadline, “There is, and for my part as well, a great deal of compassion towards the Queen, and depths of feeling that she is no longer with us. That has certainly heightened it all.”
One important factor, Manville added, was the need to
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14.11.2022 / 19:37
Princess Diana’s Biographer Andrew Morton Says The Crown’s Disclaimer Is ‘Ridiculous’
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Everything Elizabeth Debicki Has Said About Playing Princess Diana on ‘The Crown’
A solemn role. Elizabeth Debicki is the second actress to play Princess Diana on The Crown, and she’s been candid about wanting to ensure that her portrayal is respectful of the late royal.
msn.com
09.11.2022 / 12:39
Sir Jonathan Pryce thinks Queen Elizabeth's death will drive more to watch The Crown
Sir Jonathan Pryce thinks Queen Elizabeth's death will drive more people to watch 'The Crown'. The 75-year-old actor - who has taken over as Prince Philip in the latest series of Netflix's regal drama - believes the show will provide "comfort" to those left saddened by the monarch's passing in September so they will want to tune in to see her "embodied again" by Imelda Staunton. He said: “I think it’s bound to affect their perception of what we do.
msn.com
05.11.2022 / 12:17
The Crown's Lesley Manville 'always thought' she was going to play Queen Elizabeth
Lesley Manville "always thought" she was going to play Queen Elizabeth on 'The Crown. ' The 66-year-old star is the latest actress to take on the role of the late monarch's sister Princess Margaret - who died in 2002 at the age of 71 - in the Netflix biographical series but thought when she was asked to meet with creator Peter Morgan that she would be playing the Queen herself before the part went to Imelda Staunton. She said: "It’s funny.
deadline.com
03.11.2022 / 20:01
Prasanna Puwanarajah, Who Plays Martin Bashir On ‘The Crown’, Says Parts Like That “Just Don’t Really Exist For Asian Actors”
EXCLUSIVE: Prasanna Puwanarajah said he jumped at the opportunity to appear in The Crown portraying infamous television journalist Martin Bashir, pummeled by a BBC inquiry that condemned the “deceitful” methods he used to obtain the controversial 1995 Panorama TV interview with Princess Diana, because ”roles like that just don’t really exist for Asian actors.”
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01.11.2022 / 18:25
‘The Swimmers’ Trailer: Syrian Refugees Dream Of Olympic Gold In Sally El Hosaini’s Netflix Drama
You often hear that reality is often more amazing than any fiction. That’s exactly the case with the story that inspired the upcoming film, “The Swimmers.” As seen in the trailer for “The Swimmers,” the film follows the incredible true story of two sisters who escaped Syria as refugees with dreams of one day competing in the Olympic Games as swimmers.
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20.10.2022 / 20:27
The Crown Season 5 trailer explores monarchy chaos and Diana's infamous BBC interview
The first trailer of Season 5 of The Crown has dropped and it explores chaos unfolding within the monarchy and Princess Diana's explosive BBC interview with Martin Bashir.
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18.10.2022 / 22:45
Zoe Saldana Premieres New Netflix Series 'From Scratch' with Producer Reese Witherspoon By Her Side!
Zoe Saldana and Reese Witherspoon have teamed up for a new limited series on Netflix!
msn.com
18.10.2022 / 08:07
The Crown's portrayal of Countess Mountbatten is 'deliberately cruel', say critics
invented scenes between the Duke and Lady Mountbatten at her estate in Hampshire. The programme uses the death of her daughter from cancer at the age of five as a jumping off point to show the Duke comforting her while grieving. It juxtaposes those scenes with the late Queen and her husband engaged in frosty conversations and sleeping in separate bedrooms.
deadline.com
18.10.2022 / 00:23
‘The Crown’ Season 5 Releases New Character Posters, Stills Of Diana, Charles, The Queen, Dodi & Mohammed Al-Fayed & More
Netflix has released some new images of Season 5 of The Crown, including character posters with the tagline “A House Divided,” revealing a split between the two sides.
msn.com
17.10.2022 / 21:03
The Crown under fire again for 'deliberately cruel' casting of Countess Mountbatten
invented scenes between the Duke and Lady Mountbatten at her estate in Hampshire. The programme uses the death of her daughter from cancer at the age of five as a jumping off point to show the Duke comforting her while grieving. It juxtaposes those scenes with the late Queen and her husband engaged in frosty conversations and sleeping in separate bedrooms.
nypost.com
17.10.2022 / 20:55
‘The Crown’ under fire for how it will allegedly show Princess Diana’s death
to the Irish Sun, the scenes depicting Diana’s tragic death have “sparked fury.”Princess Diana died in 1997 at 37 following a car accident in Paris’ Pont de l’Alma tunnel while she was being pursued by paparazzi, sparking an international period of mourning. A source from the show reportedly said that crew members are speaking out about the depiction of her death on-screen.“To be going back to Paris and turning Diana’s final days and hours into a drama feels very uncomfortable. Finally, some of the crew members are pushing back,” they told the Sun. “The show always tried to present a fictional version of royal history with as much sensitivity as possible.
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
17.10.2022 / 13:41
When is The Crown season five coming out on Netflix?
The new series of The Crown is just weeks away, and fans are gearing up for what promises to be a rollercoaster season for Netflix’s flagship royal drama. The series explores the life and reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II, and its fifth and penultimate season follows the royal family during one of their most turbulent decades in modern times, the 1990s.