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.
20.10.2022 - 20:27 / dailyrecord.co.uk
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.
There's just a few weeks to go until the much-anticipated Netflix season airs, featuring Imelda Staunton playing Queen Elizabeth II and Elizabeth Debicki as Diana, Princess of Wales.
The fifth season will launch on the streaming service on November 9 with 10 new episodes set in the Nineties and Philip played by Jonathan Pryce.
This turbulent decade for the Royal Family has been well documented and interpreted by journalists, biographers and historians.
The trailer starts with the fire which ripped through part of Windsor Castle, and the Queen standing amongst its ruins.
Moments later, she can be heard saying: "In light of the events of the last 12 months, perhaps I have more to reflect on than most."
"The royal family is in genuine crisis," declares Martin Bashir, who is played by Prasanna Puwanarajah.
Later it cuts to Diana sitting in a chair she says: "I won't go quietly. I'll battle towards the end."
Some viewers have criticised the series for its reimagining of key events and conversations.
And in 2018, show creator Peter Morgan admitted some parts of the show require "leaps of the imagination" from the writers, even though it is thoroughly researched.
The fifth season of The Crown will launch on November 9.
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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.
The Crown controversy has taken another turn ahead of the arrival of Season 5 this week on Netflix.
The Crown controversy has taken another turn ahead of the arrival of Season 5 this week on Netflix.
SPOILER ALERT: This review contains details of the fifth season of The Crown, which debuts all 10-episodes on Netflix on November 9
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.”
Netflix has resumed production for season six of acclaimed royal drama The Crown and sources say the platform recreated the death of Princess Diana over the weekend
The latest season of The Crown isn’t even out yet and it’s already the center of major controversy!
Zack Sharf “The Crown” creator Peter Morgan and his new cast members Elizabeth Debicki and Dominic West are standing up for the Netflix drama series against continued claims that it exploits the royal family. The show, which launches Season 5 in November, has come under renewed scrutiny following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The new season will cover some of the royal family’s most tumultuous years in the 1990s, including the bitter and highly-publicized divorce between Charles (West) and Diana (Debicki). Last month, Britain’s Daily Telegraph published a report with the headline: “‘The Crown’s’ decision to show ‘all-out’ war between Charles and Diana raises concerns at Palace.” In the article, a friend of the newly-crowned King Charles slammed the Netflix series as “exploitative” and accused Netflix of having “no qualms about mangling people’s reputations,” even that of Queen Elizabeth despite her recent death.
Netflix has revealed a decision about including the crash and death scenes of Princess Diana for the upcoming The Crown.
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.
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.
Netflix staff have reportedly been left fearing "a line is being crossed" over plans for the The Crown to recreate Princess Diana's final moments before her tragic death in Paris in 1997.The fifth series of Netflix’s hit royal drama is set to launch on November 9, with audiences around the world already eagerly awaiting the upcoming instalment as it follows the lives of the royal family throughout the 1990s. The Night Manager actress Elizabeth Debicki takes over the iconic role of Diana from Emma Corrin while The Wire star Dominic West takes over the role of Charles from Josh O’Connor. However, it has been claimed that staff working on The Crown series six have allegedly been left feeling uncomfortable over the Netflix show's plans to recreate Diana's final moments as they fear "a line has been crossed".
The next series of The Crown is set to be released on Netflix on November 9 and will detail the Royal Family’s lives for the first half of the 1990s. Series five will largely focus on the breakdown of the marriage between Princess Diana and the then Prince Charles, which will include the controversial Panorama interview, according to reports.