the cameras of The crown settled in Paris. While season 5 of the series about the British royal family will air from November 9, 2022 on Netflix, filming for season 6 began in the capital and will continue until Saturday, October 28.
Some Parisians have in particular shared snapshots of the production team taken on the night of October 26-27 near the Pont de l’Alma, where the delicate scene of the tragic accident of Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed took place on August 31. of 1997. , was reconstituted.
A death that “will not be shown on screen”
In the photos published by Internet users, we can see the production filming the road where the accident occurred 25 years ago, as well as a black Mercedes – which was supposed to transport actress Elizabeth Debicki (who plays Lady Di) and Khalid Abdalla (playing Dodi Al-Fayed), as well as the actors who play the role of his bodyguard and his driver, surrounded by a horde of paparazzi on scooters.
But, as Netflix points out in varietyif the death of Princess Diana will be addressed in this sixth season, “the exact moment of impact of the accident” will not be shown on the screen.
“We’re going to see the car leaving the Ritz with the paparazzi hot on their heels. Then we’ll cut to show a scene at the British Embassy in France, when everything falls into place between the two countries after the drama with the Foreign Office,” he says. an anonymous representative of the platform.
But before reliving this dark event of the British monarchy, fans will be able to dive into season 5 of The crownwhich aroused strong reactions from those close to the royal family.
Two months after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, this new piece will address a very difficult period for the British crown, the 1990s, a decade marked in particular by the divorce of Charles III with Princess Diana.
Source: BFM TV
