✔️ 2022-11-19 16:25:07 – Paris/France.
Although with the arrival of each new season, critical voices appear against the series La CouronneCreated by Peter Morgan and depicting the life of the late Elizabeth II and the Windsor family, this remains one of Netflix's most successful series.
The fifth season, starring Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce and an incredible Elizabeth Debiki as Lady Di, which premiered two weeks ago, It reached an incredible ten million viewers on its first day on screens alone. This data does, however, correspond to consumers who chose to watch the series on television, i.e. it does not calculate those who did so via tablets, mobile phones or other devices, so the number is much higher.
But, behind the scenes, another story is being written full of curiosities that very few fans know. Here are some of them.
1. A palace that does not exist?
The Buckingham Palace that appears in the series, the official residence of the British monarch in London, is not the original. It is in fact an almost exact replica that the production company has managed to build just 20 minutes from the English capital, in the studios of Elstree Films, considered one of the most modern in Europe. Famous films such as The Danish Girl and several seasons of The Voice UK have also been filmed on this stage. In this study, a balcony was also built, just like the one used by the royal family to greet their subjects.
2. The most expensive series
The Crown is one of the highest budget series on Netflix and one of the most expensive in history. Each chapter is estimated to cost around 6,5 million. But the investment paid off. Despite the fact that it was originally only scheduled for two seasons, The Crown has racked up successes chapter after chapter, and has had a number of awards since its premiere in 2016, especially thanks to its fourth season.
Some of his awards include 21 Emmy Awards, 7 Golden Globes, 4 Film Critics Awards, 5 Screen Actors Guild and 2 BAFTA Awards.
3. Actresses in Distress
Claire Foy, who played the Queen as a young woman, was pregnant when filming began. In the first season, she was forced to wear a corset to hide her pregnancy. For her part, Vanessa Kirby, the actress who gave life to the young Princess Margaret in the first and second seasons, was not a smoker. For this reason, the cigarettes he used in the recordings were made from herbs.
In any case, from the start, it was thought that the cast would be made up exclusively of actors and actresses of English origin. The few exceptions were American John Lithgow, who played Winston Churchill; and now Elizabeth Debicki, Princess Diana from season five, who is Australian.
4. Did Princess Margaret talk about 'the afterlife'?
Helena Bonham Carter, who plays Princess Margaret in her adult life, said the real princess had a brief courtship with Mark Bonham Carter, one of her uncles. And, before accepting the role, he "contacted" the princess through a medium and she gave him some advice on how to play her. Supposedly, he also told her that he was very happy that she was the one to take on this role.
5. The challenge of interpreting Lady Di
The staging of the most important details of the life of Diana of Wales has been carefully thought out. For example, the wedding dress we saw on the show is an exact replica of the one Diana wore, since the production team got the patterns for the original dress.
Emma Corrin, who plays Princess Diana as a young girl, said the biggest challenge was illustrating Lady Diana's bulimia issues. In the case of actress Elizabeth Debicki, who plays Diana when she was Carlos's wife, she had the difficulty of being much taller than the real Lady Di, who was 1,78 tall, while Debicki is 1,90. .XNUMX.
6. A documentary to forget
In the series, they tell how the Duke of Edinburgh proposed to make a documentary that would tell the daily life of the royal family and thus justify the expensive expenses that their support for the British treasury represents. This audiovisual work has been seen by more than 30 million people. However, to this day it is kept under lock and key and it is only possible to see some parts that exist on the internet.
7. Unequal wages
When it was made public how much the show's cast earned, the salary of Matt Smith (who brings a young Duke of Edinburgh to life) was leaked to the press, which caused a huge outcry at the time. demands for gender equality. The actor earned more than Claire Foy, the actress who played Elisabeth II and who was paid 16 euros per chapter, while the actor received 000 euros more for each. After knowing the figure, fans of the series turned against the actor, demanding that he donate the difference in his salary. In the end, Netflix was forced to compensate the actress for approximately $10.
8. On hold, due to the death of Isabella II
The production of La Couronne was developing some recordings in Spain when it learned of the death of Isabella II, at the age of 96 and after a reign of 70 years, on September 8. Curiously, this date coincided with the day the scene in which Princess Diana suffers an accident in Paris and dies with her boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed would be recorded. The series was suspended for a few weeks and later resumed.
9. Diana's brother said no
Charles Spencer, brother of Lady Di, did not allow Netflix production to record at Althorp House, the house where they spent their childhood, as he considered it would threaten the memory of the princess, therefore a recreation of the site was to be made in another house in London.
10. A dress with a story
The Queen's coronation dress worn in the series is a replica that was originally commissioned and made by Harrods for a celebratory party in 2012 for the monarch's Jubilee. The dress is owned by Angels Costumes, a company that contracted many of the costumes for the series. Although it was made to a model size, Claire Foy, the actress who played the Queen as a young woman, fitted the dress perfectly and was the first person to wear it.
SOURCE: Reviews News
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