Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II in the fifth season of The Crown, which premieres in November. For now, the recordings of the sixth have been suspended. Photos: Netflix via AP.
“As a show of respect, for now Filming for the sixth season of “The Crown” has been suspended. Filming will also be suspended on the day of Her Majesty the Queen’s funeral, “the producers of the hit Netflix series said today. Yesterday there were many rumors about it but there was no official data.
The Emmy-winning series, created by Peter Morgan, centers on the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The fifth season premiere is scheduled for November. and will cover the events of the reign of the monarch, who died this Thursday at the age of 96, during the 21st century.
In the last two seasons she deals with the role of Isabel II Imelda Stauntonwho takes up the baton left by his colleagues and predecessors, Claire Foy who played the queen in the first two seasons and Olivia Colemanwhich he did in the third and fourth.
Both Foy and Colman have won the Primetime Emmy Awards for their performances.
National duel
On the other hand, it was thought that the sixth season would be the last of the saga thus closing the story that placed it The crown among the best series of all time. The platform is expected to confirm when suspended registrations resume during days of mourning in Britain.
The death of Elizabeth II, the monarch who has held her reign the longest, for more than 70 years, has forced the suspension of the filming of the sixth season episodes that are in full production.
The sovereign, who ascended the throne in 1952, died surrounded by her family at Balmoral, her palace in the Scottish Highlands, the royal house announced Thursday. She is succeeded by her eldest son, King Charles III.
His death occurs before the fifth season premiere which, as happened with the previous ones, has a completely new cast. In addition to Imelda Staunton in the role of Elizabeth, there are Jonathan Pryce in the role of Prince Philip, Dominic West in the role of Prince Charles and Elizabeth Debicki in the role of Lady Di.
Also participating is Olivia Williams, chosen for the role of Camilla Parker Bowles, now consecrated queen consort of Carlos III and Jonny Lee Miller who will appear as Prime Minister John Major.
Although the details have been kept under wraps, the season will apparently focus on the 1990s, which ended with Diana’s tragic death in 1997, in a car accident in Paris, and in the midst of her conflicts with the British royal family. .
the last batch
The sixth season, for its part, has chosen Rufu Campa16 years old, like Prince Harry already Ed McVey21, as Prince William, suggesting that the season will explore the consequences of Diana’s death on the lives of her two children in the early 2000s.
Although Queen Elizabeth II has never spoken publicly about it The crownClaire Foy, who played her in the show’s 2016 first season, said a year later that she “hated the idea of seeing him.”
“When you play a real person, you never want to be macabre,” he told Town & Country in an interview. at the moment. “I don’t want to destroy a person. I want to make someone up. So, I’d hate her to see it and think I’ve dramatized too much. “
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