The Crown 5 on Netflix, the cast: who makes Diana and the royal family

There is also talk of the divorce of the P.Princess Anna by Mark Phillips (and her lover, who later became her husband Timothy Laurence), of the in fire of Windsor Castle in the 1992year defined by Elisabetta tonnus horribilisbecause with the real finance reform wanted by Majorthe English Crown had to start paying taxes, like all his subjects, from 1993, and for the thousand sentimental problems of the children. There is above all an almost entirely new cast. As in the tradition of the series

The episodes

The titles of the episodes from the first to the ten are: Queen Victoria’s Syndrome, The System, Mou Mou, Annus horribilisThe way forward, Ipatiev House, In no man’s land, Fire to dust, Couple 31, In disarmament.

The actors of The Crown 5

Imelda Staunton – Queen Elizabeth II

Imelda is a highly rated actress, and beloved. Candidate forOscars and Golden Globes for Vera Drake’s secret (already Coppa Volpi in Venice and Bafta), reached young audiences with the character of Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter saga. Now he has to deal with a “complicated” role. Not just because to interpret an expressionless and icy character like that of Queen Elizabeth she can’t do it very well, instead very expressive actress (some of the critics have in fact evaluated negatively his interpretation of Elizabeth precisely because the actress is too “communicative”). But above all because the Queen now she is gone, and many consider her (and all The Crown 5) a lack of respect.

Before her, Elizabeth was played by Claire Foy (two Emmyone in 2017 and the other in 2021) e Olivia Colman (a Golden Globe an Emmy).

Jonathan Pryce is Prince Philip

Interpreter of successes such as The Pirates of the Caribbean And Game of thrones, Jonathan Pryce is now the Duke of Edinburghhusband of Queen Elizabeth. Collects the baton from Matt Smith (The Crown 1 and 2) and Tobias Menzies (The Crown 3 and 4). And it also shows the “sentimental distractions”, so to speak of Prince Philip. The interpretation of him is very convincing.

Elizabeth Debicki – Lady Diana

Diana is the absolute protagonist of this season, interpreted in a way wonderful by Elizabeth Debickiperfectly placed in the part of the “sad Princess”. Shrewd look, tilted head, Debicki returns to give life to fragility And to riots of a Diana more mature, already consumed by the pains of her husband’s betrayal (very different from the still dreamy one Diana interpreted in the previous season by the very good Emma Corrinwho won the Golden Globe).

Now Diana is at the center of media attention for the end of the marriage with Charles. Then, hopefully, struggling with the construction of her new life and her new love with Dodi Al Fayed. This season ends with the terrible car accident in which he is Diana died in Alma tunnel in Paris August 31, 1997. It was the end of a fable and the beginning of the myth.

Dominic West – Prince Charles

Former protagonist of The Affair, Dominic West plays the role of the eternal heir to the throne (from this September he became King, after the death of Queen Elizabeth) caught between the love for Camilla (Olivia Williams) and the obligations with his wife Diana. Bravo, but not very good, for the critics he can’t stand the comparison with the “old” Carlo, the intense one Josh O’Connor.

Olivia Williams – Camilla Parker Bowles

London actress, Williams has one of the central roles this season: he plays in fact Camilla (taking the place of Emerald Fennell), one of England’s most hated women since it was discovered she was the mistress of Charlesstill married to Diana.

It gives life to complicated years, those of the clandestine relationship with the Prince Charlesis the protagonist of the tampaxgateof the subsequent divorce from her husband Andrew Parker Bowles. Only in 2005 will she marry Charlesbut this in The Crown 5 not seen (we will have to wait for the sixth and final season).

Lesley Manville – Princess Margaret

Also new is the character of Princess Margaretsister of Queen Elizabeth, now played by the British Lesley Manville (which replaces Helena Bonham Carter and before her Vanessa Kirby).

Here we finally see her getting closer to her flame, Peter Townsend (Timothy Dalton).

Khalid Abdalla – Dodi Al Fayed

British of Egyptian descent, Khalid Abdalla he is famous for playing Amir ne The Kite Runner in 2007. Now it comes in The Crown 5 as a new character and with a central role: that of Dodi Al Fayed, son of Mohamed Al Fayed (Salim Daw) owner of Harrod’s department store in London. With him Diana he was trying to reconstruct his love story.

In the series he is described as the “prince charming” who yearns to join the English royal house. The interpretation of him is very convincing.

Senan West and William and Harry

New faces also for the princes William And Harry. To interpret the first is Senan Westson of Dominic West. To give the face to Harry I am Teddy Hawley And Will Powell at different ages. They are the ones who are faced with the death of their mother Dianawhich occurred when William he was just 15 years old and Harry only 13.

Jonny Lee Miller – John Major

One of the few faces of the previous season that we also review in this fifth of The Crown is Jonny Lee Miller who plays the Prime Minister John Major (in office from November 28, 1990 to May 2, 1997), the one who for the first time also imposed on British royalty to pay taxes like all normal citizens. “The elderly are disillusioned and the young spoiled and lost”, his contemptuous judgment on the royal family (which inevitably also influences the judgment of the public).

Claudia Harrison – Princess Anne

Claudia Harrison is the new Princess Anna, daughter of Queen Elizabeth and sister of Charles. She replaces Erin Doherty. Now we see her getting divorced from Mark Phillips and struggling with her lover, who later became her husband, Timothy Laurence.

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