“I’ve by no means instructed anyone this, but it surely’s considered one of my proudest achievements,” boasts Debicki, describing the second she burst right into a rehearsal of The Crown and launched the YouTube video of Charles break-dancing to West. “I used to be like, ‘It’s a must to see this video. It’s one of the best factor I’ve ever seen…I confirmed it to Dom and…I mentioned, ‘You simply watch, I’m gonna get this in [The Crown somehow.’ He says, ‘Don’t you dare.’”
When series creator Peter Morgan arrived to the rehearsal later, Debicki recalls, “I played it quite cool. We sort of went through the rehearsal and as I was walking out the door, I went, ‘Oh, Peter, have you seen that video of, um, Charles break-dancing?’ And I like literally got it up on YouTube.” Speaking about Morgan’s decision to then add the sequence to season five, the actor says proudly, “That’s my claim to fame…. It is one of those lightbulb moments…you think, look at this person [in the video]…the dedication and it’s additionally sort of pleasure…and the multilayered second…of pleasure and playfulness and type of very childlikeness.”
Whereas making ready to play Diana, Debicki heard anecdotes about and noticed movies of Diana that distilled sure qualities of the late princess that she tried to seize herself onscreen. One particular person instructed the actor about having to present a proper speech whereas the late princess, who was seated subsequent to the speaker, pinched her backside to attempt to get the particular person to react. “There’s these moments the place that spirit burst out,” the actor remembers.
In a video she discovered on-line, Diana’s “receiving this award and she or he appears to be like extremely glamorous and calm and she or he’s [giving] her speech about kids and what they want and the way as a society we take care of our youngsters…There was a type of heckler within the background, and this particular person yells very loudly throughout the auditorium, ‘The place are your kids?’ And she or he takes this immensely stunning pause. After which she simply appears to be like up and she or he says, very calmly, ‘At college.’ [It’s] one of many moments the place you assume, ‘Wow, what an unimaginable collected [person to have] earned the best way to handle that. You didn’t fall into 1,000,000 items. You stored your heart so robust.’”
Debicki provides that she has such “love and respect for this character,” that she’s hoping to take “the nice bits” of Diana along with her after retiring the function. “I’m not letting go of these bits,” she says.
The actors additionally spoke about what season six holds for The Crown’s characters, the psychic toll of taking part in Diana in such a lonely time of her life, and the opposite entertainers who’ve performed Charles and Diana prior to now.
