The Crown is in the top ten of the most viewed productions in recent weeks, according to the official numbers of Netflix. Nobody should be surprised by the news since is one of the emblems of the platform’s original series.
But the curious thing about the matter is that the monarchical fiction has not yet released its fifth season or released any new content related to the story of Queen Elizabeth. The consumption of the first two seasons has skyrocketed due to another factor: Elizabeth’s death on 8 September.
It is a typical phenomenon of these times of streamingwhat has already happened – for different reasons – with series and / or films already released some time ago on the service as Karate Kid, Squatter, Passion of the Hawks or woman’s scented coffee.
It was clear that the death of a figure like the Queen of England would relaunch the broadcast of specials and productions linked to her and the British monarchy. But not even the most optimistic executive of Red N Company imagined such fury.
With 25.6 million viewsfirst season of The crown occupies The fourth place in the global top ten last week. The second season appears in seventh placewith 17.5 million views. In the ranking of Argentina, the first is in tenth place Stall.
Although both are a long way from the 196.2 million views of Dahmerthe story of the serial killer who leads the world ranking and Argentina, It is the first time that the first deliveries of The Crown have reached the Top 10since at the time of its premiere, Netflix didn’t make these lists, or at least didn’t broadcast them.
The series that annoys the monarchy
Created by Peter Morgan, the Emmy-winning series centers on the reign of Elizabeth II, who died at the age of 96. The fifth season premiere is scheduled for November 9th.and will have Imelda Staunton as the new protagonist.
It should be remembered that in the four seasons of The crown that the platform has already released, there were two actresses who gave birth to Queen Elizabeth: Claire Foy Y Olivia Coleman. Each has embodied the monarch in two seasons, like the rest of the cast of the series. With these changes, the idea is to make the timeline more accurate.
In The crown 5Staunton will be accompanied by a luxury cast led by Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Dominic West as Prince Charles and Elizabeth Debicki as Lady Di.
They are joined by Olivia Williams as Camilla Parker Bowles, today consecrated queen consort of Charles III and Jonny Lee Miller as Prime Minister John Major.
Out of respect for Elizabeth’s death, Morgan has temporarily stopped filming the fifth episode. Therefore, the debut of the new The crown was put off for a while.
A few years ago, also screenwriter of Queenthe 2006 Oscar-nominated film starring Hellen Mirren called Elizabeth “a mother to the nation”.
But the truth is that from its premiere, The crown became a nuisance to the Windsors. Indeed, Boris Johnson’s government has come to intimidate Netflix and production through its culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, who asked the platform to clarify with a notice that this is a fiction.
“It’s a flawlessly produced work of fiction … but Netflix should make it clear at the outset that that’s what it is,” Dowden said.
Many call Morgan the unofficial biographer of the queen. In The crown, as in any biographical production, there is an underlying tug-of-war between sympathy and criticism of his figure. And the sixth and final season of the series should take another dimension after his death.
What will be told in The Crown 5
The fifth season, that will have ten episodes, is found in the early 90s. Close to the 40th anniversary of her accession to the throne, Elizabeth II embarks on her annual tour of the west coast of Scotland aboard Britannia, reflecting on a reign that has seen nine prime ministers, the arrival of mass television and the decline. of the British Empire.
The collapse of the Soviet Union and the transfer of sovereignty to Hong Kong are signs of a sea change in the international order, presenting both challenges and opportunities for the monarchy, even if the troubles are getting closer than you can imagine.
Meanwhile, the “dream wedding” between his son Carlos and Diana Spencer falls apart, and there is no more room to hide the rumors that they live apart. For this reason, the Prince of Wales pressures Elizabeth to get a divorce, which represents a constitutional crisis for the monarchy.
“As media control intensifies, Diana decides to take control of the narrative, break with family protocol, publish a book that undermines public support for Charles and expose the cracks in the Windsor House. Everything comes at the worst times, when people question the role of the royal family in England in the nineties, “reads the official synopsis.
“Watching events from the front row is Prime Minister John Major, successor of Margaret Thatcher. As he forges relations with the palace and faces a global recession, Major will face the constitutional challenge of a lifetime: the divorce of the Prince and Princess of Wales. “ The crown 5.
Source: Clarin
