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.
14.10.2022 - 19:51 / ok.co.uk
Newly released images from the upcoming series of The Crown have given fans their first glimpse of Elizabeth Debicki convincingly channelling Diana, Princess of Wales as she stars alongside Dominic West, who takes on the role of Prince Charles. In the latest glimpse of the new series, 32-year-old Australian actress Elizabeth can be seen in her role as Diana in two scenes.
In one image, she embodies a reserved and shrinking Diana as she dons a sparkling blue halter neck dress and holds a bouquet of flowers, in a painstaking recreation of a dress Diana wore to a Serpentine Gallery fundraising gala, which was hosted by Vanity Fair magazine, in 1995. In another scene from the upcoming series, Elizabeth can once again be seen embodying the late princess aboard a small boat, as she sails beside Charles and a young Prince William and Harry.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 takes over the iconic role of Diana, from Emma Corrin while The Wire star Dominic, 52, takes over the role of Charles from Josh O’Connor.
While taking on such a pivotal role may have been daunting for some, it was a project Elizabeth felt passionate about, as she told Netflix website Tudum she “happily swam” in the “tsunami of information” that accompanied the role. “That’s the amazing thing about playing these people at this time, because in the journey of The Crown so far out of all the seasons, this is the most visual content we have of the royal family,” she told the publication.
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.
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.
—opened up about the black off-the-shoulder number that launched Diana's divorce era. “It fascinated me how entranced people were with that dress,” the Australian actor ahead of the show's fifth-season premiere. “When it became known that I had the part, I received these text messages saying congratulations, [but] there was also a huge amount of text messages about the Revenge Dress.
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.
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.
“The Crown” has, once again, changed heads.Netflix released photos of its new Season 5 cast of the British royal family TV series on Friday. This ensemble of actresses will continue through Season 6, the show’s last.Imelda Staunton becomes the third and final actress to play Queen Elizabeth II on the series — this time during the tumultuous 1990s, in which a fire ravaged Windsor Castle, Princess Diana and Prince Charles had a messy divorce and Diana died in a Paris car crash in 1997.One still shows Staunton, 66, as the queen, looking smaller and grayer than her predecessor Olivia Colman, who won an Emmy for playing the part, next to Jonathan Pryce, 75, as Prince Philip.Another sees a sunglasses-and-swimsuit-clad Diana — Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki, 32, takes over from Emma Corrin — on a boat with Charles (Dominic West, 52), and young princes William (Timothee Sambor) and Harry (Teddy Hawley). But her happiness will be revealed as a facade.
This is the first picture Imelda Staunton who is playing the late Queen Elizabeth II in the fifth installment of The Crown, which is out on Netflix next month.
The long-awaited fifth season of “The Crown” is on the horizon, tackling what was arguably the most turbulent period in the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
Netflix is teasing a first look at The Crown Season 5!
’s return continues to build, Netflix shared official new images of the incoming actors, who have been tasked with taking over the key roles on creator Peter Morgan’s historical drama about the royals for seasons 5 and 6. Per tradition of the series, a new cast is brought in every two installments to reflect the age and growth of Queen Elizabeth II and her family, with Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Elizabeth Debicki leading the latest all-star ensemble. With the last season starring Olivia Colman and others ending in 1990, season 5 is expected to pick up shortly after as it explores the end of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s marriage while Queen Elizabeth navigates a new era of attention surrounding the palace that coincides with the birth of the 24/7 news cycle that closely covered every family scandal at the time.
Netflix’s Tudum has released new photos from Season 5 of The Crown, which includes the first images of Princes William and Harry, along with photos of Imelda Staunton as the Queen, Elizabeth Debicki as Diana and Dominic West as Charles, among others.