Elizabeth Debicki
Diana actress comments on “The Crown” criticism
Elizabeth Debicki becomes Princess Diana in The Crown.
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Elizabeth Debicki plays Lady Di in season five of The Crown. What does she say about the episodes getting critical acclaim before they aired?
Elizabeth Debicki (32) has once again commented on the criticism of the fifth season “The Crown”. In an interview with the magazine “RadioTimes” she said, according to the Daily Mail: “Now that the disclaimer is in place, maybe we can stop talking about it and move forward. If it’s helpful to certain people, so be it, and now the conversation can steer back to the creative endeavor of the series .” She was always very aware “that you never know what happens behind closed doors and that an author interprets what could have happened”.
In a trailer for the fifth season, Netflix points out in a text panel that what is shown is a “fictional drama”. The disclaimer on the German-language Netflix YouTube channel reads as follows: “This true-life drama series tells the fictional story of Queen Elizabeth II and portrays the political and personal ups and downs of her reign.” This sentence makes it clear in two respects that “The Crown” has no claim to 100% biographical truth. There had previously been criticism of the allegedly negative portrayal of the British royal family in the series.
Royal family need “not be afraid”.
Camilla actress Olivia Williams (54), like her colleague, tries to appease the critics. “RadioTimes.com,” she explainedthat the new episodes and the divorce storyline are not something “that the palace should be afraid of because Peter [Morgan] very careful to keep attributing these events back to how they affect the crown. The series is called ‘The Crown’, not Charles or Diana or the Queen. It’s about the crown. And so I think it’s both interesting and philosophical and relevant to that.”
“The Crown” creator Peter Morgan (59) had previously in the “Variety” interview said: “I think we all have to accept that the 1990s were a difficult time for the royal family and King Charles will almost certainly have some painful memories from that time.” It doesn’t mean “that the story will be unfriendly to him or the monarchy afterwards. The series certainly isn’t.” He has “tremendous sympathy for a man in his position” and for this family, Morgan said. “People are more understanding and compassionate than we sometimes expect.”
After a break of exactly two years, the historical series “The Crown” about the British monarchy returns to Netflix on November 9 with the fifth season. The plot takes up events from the beginning to the mid-1990s – and thus a more than turbulent time for the British Royals, which was particularly marked by the marital problems between Charles (73) and Diana (1961-1997).