The Crown’s Elizabeth Debicki was ‘spooked’ at idea of playing Diana

The Crown’s Elizabeth Debicki has revealed that she was “shocked” at the idea of ​​playing Diana and said to herself, “I can’t do this.”

The 32-year-old actress has taken on the role of her life with her role as the late Princess of Wales in the new series to be released on November 9.

But she has now told that in a new interview with British Vogue how she was “overwhelmed” by the prospect of taking on the character – and how she thought about recreating her “revenge dress” scenes.

She told the publication: ‘I think that really overwhelmed me at first, the idea of ​​this kind of collective’ [of Diana disciples] Outside.

‘It’s a trap, isn’t it? A swampy swamp. So I went and stood over the counter and said, ‘I can’t do this.’

But then the scripts came and she realized, “This isn’t a meta. These are characters.’

During the chat, she also thought about wearing Diana’s iconic black “revenge dress” – which she said was “super daring” for the time.

She explained: ‘It was busy! It’s a complex dress. I let the fitting happen around me as I thought about what the dress meant. Why this dress? She’d had it for two or three years. It was super daring then.

“She claimed the space. The way she got out of that car, the clarity, the strength of her when that car door opened, she was so fast and so forward. It is extraordinary to watch.

“To decide what to say about yourself through fashion… it was currency. An incredibly powerful coin.’

She also spoke about the attention the show is getting – amid widespread criticism of the latest series and Netflix for covering up the late royal’s final hours.

As for the headlines it has created, she said, “I don’t have big opinions about the royal family. That’s an advantage here, isn’t it?’

Prince Harry seems nice to me. But everyone who works on the show feels how extremely difficult it is to be born into that life.”

Elizabeth looked stunning in her Vogue photos, and on the cover she wore a ruffled yellow dress, while sporting poker-straight blonde hair and a red lip.

On the other shot, she donned a sexy black lace dress which she paired with silky black gloves as she turned up a storm.

The show has been criticized for storylines that will feature in the new series, including portraying then-Prince Charles as an unfaithful schemer who plotted against his mother and Prince Philip who were “pursuing an affair” with his close friend Penny Knatchbull.

William Shawcross, the Queen Mother’s official biographer, labeled the series “abominable” and “deliberately hurtful” about a seemingly made-up scene in which Charles tells the Queen she should be “thrown in jail” for being a “bad mother.” ‘ is.

Netflix, which spends £11.5 million per episode on the show, one of the biggest worldwide hits, is about to launch series five on November 9.

It covers the years 1991 to 1997 and includes details of Diana’s Panorama interview in 1995.

King Charles, played by Dominic West, is the dominant figure in the drama. He is shown lobbying Prime Minister John Major in a bizarre attempt to force his mother’s abdication.

It also shows Charles bitterly arguing with Diana as their divorce looms, and the romance of Camilla, now queen consort, including a dramatization of the infamous “tampongate” phone call.

The fifth series of The Crown, which will span the years leading up to Princess Diana’s 1995 Panorama interview, has already sparked anger before it was released.

A production source said the media’s outcry over inaccuracies – and the lack of sensitivity in broadcasting the series so close to the Queen’s death – is “scinding” the broadcaster.

The source said: “The show was never about sensationalism, but it’s always been a drama. For the first few years it seemed like everyone was happy to tolerate it.’

But the source said writer Peter Morgan was getting more and more “uncomfortable” as The Crown series got closer to the present.

But Elizabeth has defended the series before, saying it was an “interpretation” of events and “maybe we can stop talking” about the controversy.

She told the Radio Times: “I respect people’s views and I, as an actor on the show, understand the nature of what the show is.

“It was always very clear to me that you can never know what goes on behind closed doors and that a writer is interpreting what may have happened.

“Now that the disclaimer is in place, we may not be able to talk about it anymore and move on. If that’s helpful to certain people, so be it, and now the conversation can be traced back to the creative effort of what the show is.”

She added: ‘There’s a huge amount of room for interpretation and that’s the value and beauty of The Crown, that you receive a different message depending on who you are. That’s a good drama for me.’

Acting royalty Dame Judi Dench, who is close to King Charles and Camilla, recently accused the program of being “rough and hurtful.”

Amid growing controversy over how The Crown blurs reality and fiction, Netflix recently updated the series’ description to add a disclaimer to the trailer on YouTube stating that it’s a “fictional dramatization.”

series six will make paparazzi photographers swarm on mopeds princess Diana‘s car in the run-up to the accident that killed her in Paris. Netflix previously said the “exact moment” of the crash will not feature in the controversial drama as filming for series six is ​​in full swing.

The December issue of British Vogue will be available as a digital download and on newsstands from November 15.