She found stardom in The Night Manager and Tenet but how will she cope with the attention that comes with playing the most scrutinised woman of all time?
lizabeth Debicki has had Diana, Princess of Wales on her mind for at least five years. When she first auditioned for, the soapy royal family saga that doubles up as a tabloid flashpoint, it wasn’t to play Diana at all. She read for a part way back in season two, though she won’t say which, because someone else played it “beautifully”. “Also, if I told people, they’d be like,?” she adds, as if the idea is absurd, which means we can only speculate that she was up for the part of Prince Philip.
On set someone went, God, you’re so like her! I went, I’m not even doing it any more. Where is the line? I’ve lost the line If the penny hasn’t dropped yet, surely, with The Crown, it is about to crash down with a loud thud. Was she ever reluctant to enter into the circus of it, knowing Diana is such a sensitive role and, inevitably, her part in it will be heavily scrutinised? “No, I wasn’t,” she says, firmly. “I went off instinct, and I didn’t overthink it. I’ve watched this show and loved it for years.
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