The British comedian Dominic West, interpreter of the future Carlos III in the new season of The crownHe called on Tuesday not to harshly judge the sovereign on the basis of the series, which addresses a burning period for the British monarchy.
The actor participated on Tuesday night in London in the premiere of the fifth -and in principle penultimate- season of the planetary success series that premieres on Wednesday on Netflix and recounts the reign of the late Elizabeth II.
Two months after his death, at the age of 96, The crown focuses on the 1990s, marked by the breakup between Prince Charles and Diana, creating great anticipation but also strong criticism of the liberties the series takes.
For this season, Imelda Stauton plays the queen, replacing Olivia Colman. Dominic West and Elizabeth Debicki succeed Josh O’Connor and Emma Corrin as Charles and Diana.
“I hope there is a bit of hindsight now”
Speaking to the press, Dominic West, who has met Carlos on several occasions, said that the life of the new 73-year-old king “is one of the most widely seen, known to the public in the world.”
The season “covers a time when the press was against her. She was getting a divorce and there are always two sides to a divorce,” she explained.
“Hopefully there’s a little pushback now,” he added. “I love the person, and in that case we inevitably side with him and give him the benefit of the doubt and I hope the public does the same.”
The actor previously said he offered to step down as an ambassador for Charles’ charitable foundation due to his role on the show, which was turned down.
Events still very sensitive
This season evokes in ten episodes in particular the shocking television interview of Princess Diana to the BBC evoking Charles’s infidelity, the latter’s adulterous relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles or his divorce.
By dealing with these still very sensitive facts, the series has drawn criticism from artistic personalities such as actress Judi Dench, or even former Prime Ministers John Major and Tony Blair, because it lends, for example, Charles unproven maneuvers to obtain the abdication of his mother.
The pressure is such that Netflix had to include a warning on the show’s home page stating that the story is fiction “inspired by true events”, when it had always refused to do so.
Source: BFM TV
