The actress, who plays Diana in the final season of The Crownconfides on the set of the scene of the disappearance of the princess.
The next season of The Crownthe sixth, announced as the last, will evoke the death of Princess Diana, who will be embodied this season by actress Elizabeth Debicki, seen in particular in Tenet et Guardians of the Galaxy.
Asked by Variety on this challenge, the actress confided this week how she had apprehended this very particular shooting. “It’s a complex question. I’m not sure I can answer it today,” she began by responding.
“Let’s just say it’s a responsibility that I took very seriously,” she continued. “I trusted the creative teams (of the show). That’s what I needed to do.”
“These are decisions made by the writers, the producers,” she insisted. “These are very important decisions, which they have spent years on, to know what to show.”
Death will not be shown
The specialist journal Deadline revealed last year that the car crash that claimed Princess Diana’s life on August 31, 1997 in Paris, aged 36, would not be shown. “It will be the above,” a production person explained.
The episode of Lady Diana’s death will feature Prince Charles arriving in France to retrieve the body of his former wife and escort her to London.
“We were dreading the moment when (we would have to film the accident),” the person added. “You have to admit that there is some anxiety. A palpable feeling of slight tension. It’s such a sensitive subject.”
Since 2016, The Crown imagine behind the scenes of the reign of Elizabeth II, renewing the cast every two seasons to stick to the age of the characters.
The fifth, with Imelda Staunton in the role of the monarch, covered dark years for the royal family, in particular with the separation of Diana and Charles in 1992. The next must stage the meeting between Kate and William.
