Given everything that has been going on in the royal family in recent years, including Queen Elizabeth’s death in September, Harry and Meghan stepping down from their royal roles, and the controversy surrounding Prince Andrew, fans of the crown have been anticipating a season set in the present day.
It seems that the series will not arrive until 2022, but the critically acclaimed show will have a few more episodes.
today, netflix finally released the first trailer for season 5. the ominous two and a half minute trailer focuses heavily on the deteriorating relationship between princess diana and prince charles, diana’s subsequent war with the institution that tried to silence her. , and about the uncertain future of the monarchy in general.
Last week also saw the release of some new photos that give us our first full look at the new cast, including a new photo of Elizabeth Debicki and Dominic West as Princess Diana and Prince Charles alongside a young William and Harry. . (Keep reading to see more images).
This is what we know so far about the fifth season.
new episodes will premiere on November 9, 2022.
In September 2021, Imelda Staunton confirmed that the series will return to Netflix in November 2022. Watch her share the announcement below:
but throughout production, the series continued to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic. In December 2021, Netflix told Variety that the series finished filming before the holidays due to a series of positive cases.
A spokesperson told the variety, “‘The Crown’ finished filming a day earlier than planned for the Christmas break following some positive cases within the crew, thus ensuring the safety of others and for everyone in production can enjoy a festive break with their loved ones.”
In September 2022, the show confirmed its premiere date of November 9.
who will be in the cast?
morgan completely reworked the show before season three and gave it another complete overhaul for seasons five and six.
As the show simultaneously covers drama in both the real world and the political sphere, British Prime Minister John Major will play a key role in the fifth season.
major will be played by elementary and trainspotting actor jonny lee miller. Major was succeeded by Tony Blair in 1997, and Blair will be played by Bertie Carvel. Interestingly, Carvel has already appeared in the second season of The Crown as journalist Robin Day. According to The Telegraph, Carvel said that returning to the series in her new role [fills him with] “excitement and fear.”
They will be joined by Imelda Staunton, who will replace Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth. “I loved seeing the crown from the beginning,” Staunton told The Hollywood Reporter. “as an actor, it was a pleasure to see claire foy and olivia colman bring something special and unique to peter morgan’s scripts. I am truly honored to join such an exceptional creative team and carry the crown to its conclusion.”
in July 2021, netflix shared the first sneak peek of staunton’s character:
On BBC Radio’s Women’s Hour, Staunton also admitted she’ll have an “extra challenge” playing the British monarch. “I think my kind of added challenge, as if I needed it, is that I’m now doing the queen that we’re a little more familiar with,” she said, according to people. “with claire foy, it was almost history and now i’m playing one where people could say ‘she doesn’t do that’, ‘she’s not like that’, and that’s my personal bête noire.”
Morgan has said he is “absolutely thrilled” that Staunton, who was recently seen alongside husband Jim Carter in the film adaptation of Downton Abbey, is joining the cast and “carrying the crown into the 21st century.” /p> >
And Colman is excited to see her take on the role, admitting that Staunton “already walks a lot better than I do.” At a news conference, Colman also wished Staunton “good luck” as her “wig itches.” She recently shared that she is “pretty pleased” to leave the royal role behind.
According to Radio Times, during a virtual chat hosted by the Mountview Academy of Theater Arts, Colman reflected on the difficulties of playing a real person on screen.
“Because behind closed doors, we don’t know what she’s like,” he said. “I had a little play with it. but definitely… the hardest part I’ve ever done is someone who’s real. I’m not ashamed to say that I am now very happy to be able to move on to something else.”
In the fifth season, leslie manville will play princess margaret. “As an actress, it was a joy to see how Claire Foy and Olivia Colman brought something special and unique to Peter Morgan’s scripts,” she said. “I am truly honored to join such an exceptional creative team and carry the crown to its conclusion.”
Helena Bonham Carter, who played the princess in seasons three and four, is pleased to be passing the proverbial baton.
“It’s like handing over a baton. It’s like a relay race, but it never comes back,” he said. “I want to give him my mouthpiece and say, ‘good luck with this.’ That would be nice, wouldn’t it?”
prince philip will be played by jonathan pryce (the two popes, game of thrones), succeeding tobias menzies and matt smith, and elizabeth debicki (the great gatsby, tenet) will play Diana Princess.
“the spirit of princess diana, her words and her actions live in the hearts of many”, he said initially. “It is a true privilege and honor to join this masterful series, which has had me absolutely hooked from the very first episode.”
Since then, however, she’s admitted she’s “terrified” of playing the actual icon. “It’s a dream role. she is such a remarkable human being and she truly still lives in the hearts of so many people,” she told the mirror. “I am overwhelmed, I am terrified and I am excited. I can’t wait to get started.”
emma corrin offered a bit of advice to her successor in an interview with vulture: “make it yours. put on the blinders for the rest of the world and for the pressure. hang on to the things that resonate with you, that you relate to or that you Empathize. And always trust the script. It won’t let you down.”
corrin recently saw debicki’s picture in character, and had only nice things to say about diana’s continuation in the crown:
“i feel so happy i did the arc of her life that i did, but to me it feels like a very closed chapter. i went in knowing i wasn’t going to continue. i saw the picture of elizabeth [debicki ], and i think it looks absolutely brilliant. and then there were our photos side by side, and i felt really special, almost like a kind of sister feeling that there is this continual resemblance,” corrin said. “She came to see the play I just did in London because she’s a friend of the director. We hadn’t met before, and it was wonderful. It was a bit of that where we felt like we knew each other so well, even though we didn’t.”
Dominican West will play Prince Charles in particular. but at this point, it’s unclear who will play other characters expected to appear in the season, including sarah ferguson. The real-life Fergie even offered to consult on her character. “hello?” she told the city & country. where is fergie? she said she, noting her lack of screen time in season four. “I said to [Andy Harries’ executive producer], ‘Why can’t I help my character? ‘” she says. her offer was rejected.
Camilla Parker-Bowles will be played by Olivia Williams, who will replace Emerald Fennell in the role.
A recent photo from the set showed Debicki as Diana and West as Charles alongside the young actors playing William and Harry. look at that picture here:
senan west, aka dominic west’s 13-year-old son, will play an older prince william in the season’s final episodes, as the heir to the throne begins to mature into a young man.
what will the season cover?
The fifth season will focus on the events of the 1990s, and is likely to focus especially on 1992, which Queen Elizabeth dubbed her famous “annus horribilis” (horrible year). That year brought the collapse of three royal marriages (most famously between Charles and Diana), a devastating fire at Windsor Castle, and a series of scandals that rocked the royal family.
Morgan has said that “Season 6 will not bring us closer to the present; it will simply allow us to cover the same period in greater detail.” The Hollywood Reporter also confirmed that the story will end in the 2000s, but it’s unclear exactly how the time will be divided between seasons five and six. Certainly, though, Princess Diana’s death will play a role in the series at some point.
If the show moves to the present, in a recent interview with James Corden, Prince Harry suggested that he would like Damian Lewis to play him.
Meanwhile, netflix casting calls posted online revealed that the roles of teenage prince william, prince harry and kate middleton will appear in the sixth and final season; William and Kate have reportedly already been cast.
andrew morton says season five will cover “the drama behind” his biography of princess diana.
In 1992, Morton published a groundbreaking biography of Princess Diana. Although unknown at the time, Diana had participated in the writing of Diana: The True Story of Her, secretly making tapes, which Morton later used to share her story. Morton told Insider that season five would also cover the making of those tapes.
He also noted that the season will show Diana’s infamous panoramic interview from 1995 in which she referred to Prince Charles’ affair with Camilla by saying, “There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.”
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A recent photo of Elizabeth Debicki and Dominic West revealed that the fifth season will cover Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s 1991 trip to Italy.
The royal couple went on a boat trip with their children just a few months before their marriage was called off. Diana was not happy with the marriage and she had already discussed her difficulties with biographer Andrew Morton.
Kite racer star Khalid Abdalla will play Diana’s boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, who died alongside her in a 1997 car crash in Paris.
Two actors have been cast in the role of billionaire mohamed al-fayed, dodi’s father, who introduced the couple. for variety, amir el-masry will play a young incarnation of mohamed al-fayed, while salim daw (“oslo”) will play him as an older man.
The infamous 1992 windsor castle fire will be featured.
The production was seen reenacting the fire, which started in Queen Victoria’s private chapel and quickly destroyed 115 rooms in the historic castle, including nine state rooms.
And also Diana’s iconic revenge dress.
The Princess of Wales wore Christina Stambolian’s off-the-shoulder gown just days after Prince Charles admitted his infidelity on national television.
The royal family is reportedly very unhappy with the upcoming season in particular, to the point where they have tried to stop its filming. “Whenever they can, they stop the corona filming in places where they have influence,” Tina Brown, the author of the palace documents among many other royal revelations, told the A.V. club. “For example, [Eton] refused to let them film there, which was undoubtedly acknowledging William’s feelings that, you know, they weren’t going to take it. So they’ve shown their displeasure by making it pretty clear that they’re not happy and we won’t help you.”
morgan changed her mind about how long the show will last.
In January 2020, he confirmed that the fifth season would be the final episode of the show.
“I originally envisioned the crown lasting six seasons, but now that we’ve started working on stories for season five, it’s become clear to me that this is the perfect time and place to stop,” Morgan said. , according to the hollywood reporter. “I am grateful to Netflix and Sony for supporting me in this decision.”
But now, it looks like the original plan of six seasons has fallen back into place.
“When we started discussing plots for season five, it soon became clear that to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story, we should go back to the original plan and do six seasons,” Morgan said in July, confirming the news. along with netflix to the hollywood reporter.
Cindy Holland, Netflix’s VP of Original Content, also commented, “The crown continues to raise the bar with each new season. We can’t wait for audiences to see the upcoming fourth season, and we’re proud to support Peter’s vision.” and the phenomenal cast and crew for a sixth and final season.”