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Dominic West showed off his impressive breakdancing skills during a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday evening.
The actor, 53, made a guest appearance on the late-night show to discuss his role as Prince Charles in the fifth series of The Crown, and elaborated on the backlash he’s received from fans complaining he’s ‘too handsome’ is to play the role.
When asked about fans’ comments on his casting as the now-king, Dominic replied, “Well, thank you very much. I’ve had worse criticism.’
Funny: Dominic West showed off his impressive breakdancing skills during a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday evening
The latest series of The Crown focuses on the decline of Charles’ marriage to Princess Diana and the time his affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles became public knowledge.
During the interview, Dominic told Jimmy that the era was “the low point of his life” for Charles.
Jimmy asked, “Are you nervous about that, since he can have you beheaded if he wants to, he’s the king.”
Sensational: The actor made a guest appearance on the late-night show to discuss his role as Prince Charles in the fifth series of The Crown, recreating the now-king’s famous dance
Statement: During the interview, Dominic also addressed fan reactions for playing Charles, with many complaining that he is “too handsome” for the role
Explanation: When asked about fan comments on his casting as the now-king, Dominic replied, “Well, thank you very much. I’ve had worse criticism’
Insight: During the interview, Dominic told Jimmy that for Charles, the era in which his marriage to Diana ended was “the low point of his life”
Dominic replied, “Right, yes, well, no he can’t. I mean, they sort of tried. They’re going to try. This was kind of the low point of his whole life.
“You see pictures of him and videos and stuff and he’s very, very sad and that’s quite a responsibility to take on.”
Dominic then went into detail about his process for recreating the famous moment when Charles showed off his breakdancing skills at a 1985 charity event.
Dance it out! Dominic then went into detail about his process for recreating the famous moment when Charles showed off his breakdancing skills
What moves! The Royal showed off his impromptu dance moves at a charity event in 1985
Dance master! He told Jimmy: ‘Charles is quite proud of his dance, he does a lot of Scottish dance’
Challenging: He added, “The difficulty is there’s no rhythm, there’s none, it’s completely arrhythmic”
Dance it out! Dominic stood up to demonstrate his version of Charles’s famous dance, adding: ‘It’s much harder to dance out of time’
He told Jimmy, ‘Charles is quite proud of his dance, he does a lot of Scottish dance.
“The difficulty is there’s no rhythm, there’s none, it’s completely arrhythmic, so you can’t sort of, the problem I found is that the music is playing, you get too caught up in the rhythm, what a fatal mistake is.’
Jimmy added, “I think he’s a good sport first and foremost, just for dancing.”
Dominic stood up to demonstrate his version of Charles’s famous dance, adding, “It’s much harder to dance out of time.. he does it brilliantly,” before showing off his version of the moves.
Clever: Dominic cut a handsome figure while appearing on Himmy’s show to promote his role in the fifth series of The Crown
The long-awaited fifth series of The Crown finally arrived on Netflix earlier this month, and within hours of its release, viewers took to Twitter to share their immediate reaction.
Many fans quickly questioned Dominic West’s casting as Prince Charles.
As they flood social media with their thoughts binging through the controversial royal dramaviewers quickly noticed that Dominic’s performance was “too charismatic” to replicate the Royal.
‘Miscast’: The Crown fans have declared that Dominic is ‘too handsome’ to play the then Prince Charles following the release of the highly anticipated fifth series of The Crown earlier this month
Role: The actor plays the role of the now king (right in 1997) in the Netflix drama, but fans have commented that he is “too charismatic” to portray him during such a turbulent period
Series five of The Crown begins with the breaking point of Charles and Diana’s marriage, and forms the basis for their divorce in 1991 and five years later.
While some fans noted Dominic’s charming personality, others claimed he was “miscast” as Karel.
One tweeted, “Dominic West is too handsome to play Prince Charles in The Crown,” while another added, “#TheCrownNetflix just dropped and I must say, strong start with the transition from past to present and Claire Foy, but Dominic West is just too pretty for Charles. Elizabeth Debicki is perfect as Diana.”
A third posted, “Dominic West has too much charm to play #that guy,” and another also posted, “Dominic West is way too charismatic to play Prince Charles.”
Jovial: Dominic was in a good mood when he arrived on the famous chat show