Some cheer "The Crown", others harshly criticize the series about the British royal family. During the production of the fifth season, displeasure is said to have spread even among the shooting team. The reason: the scenes showing the accidental death of Princess Diana.
The excitement about the upcoming new season of the Netflix series "The Crown" does not stop. A massive argument about planned scenes is said to have developed in the responsible crew. This is now reported by the newspaper "The Sun".
The stumbling block was the portrayal of Princess Diana's accidental death in Paris. The then 36-year-old died in 1997 as a result of a car accident in the French metropolis. The driver of her car crashed into a pillar while speeding in a tunnel.
The bosses of series production have triggered great anger among the employees with their plans to portray the tragedy, according to "The Sun". One is concerned that "a limit has been crossed".
Filming in Paris has not yet been completed. According to an insider quoted by the newspaper, parts of the crew actively opposed the implementation of certain ideas that they felt were tactless. However, it is not known what the problem with the script was in detail.
When asked by The Sun, Netflix said: "The exact moment of impact will not be shown." A spokesman for the series also emphasized that it was a "fictional dramatization".
The fifth season of "The Crown" has been in the headlines lately, although it will only be shown from November 9th. Among other things, an alleged affair of Queen's husband Prince Philip is discussed. Even the most intimate moments of King Charles III's failed marriage. and Princess Diana are said to be part of the series. Among other things, it should be possible to see how Charles repeatedly breaks out of his marriage to Diana and flees to his lover and today's king consort Camilla Parker Bowles.
The fifth season of "The Crown" is about the 1990s in the British royal family, it is said to end with the accidental death of Princess Diana on August 31, 1997. A sixth and final season of the series was commissioned by Netflix and is to be supposed to end in 2002 or 2005.
