Friday, March 29, 2024

“The Crown” Makes More Changes for Seasons 5 & 6, Elizabeth Debicki Will be Diana, What About Prince Charles?

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We haven’t even seen Season 4 of “The Crown” yet and the producers have already made big changes for Seasons 5 and 6.

I think it’s a mistake to announce the changes before Season 4 happens. It’s kind of disrespectful to the audience and the cast. It’s like saying, forget these people, wait til Season 5.

So the big news today is that Emma Corrin, who was hired to play Princess Diana for Season 4, won’t stay beyond her season. Elizabeth Debicki will take over for the final two seasons. She’s only five years older than Corrin, so I do wonder what caused the switch. Debicki, by the way, is 6 foot 3. Wow. Princess Diana was tall, 5 foot 10, but that is tall.

And what about Prince Charles? Seasons 3 and 4 are taken by John O’Connor, who’s turned out to be very popular. Will he stay? At 30, he’s a year older than Debicki, so my guess is yes. (Even Janet McTeer, who is quite tall, is only six foot one.)

Meanwhile, Oscar winner Olivia Colman will be replaced as Queen Elizabeth by Imelda Staunton for Seasons 5 and 6. And the other big news is that Oscar nominee Jonathan Pryce will play the older Prince Phillip in the final two seasons, replacing the great Toby Menzies. And Lesley Manville will come in to replace Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret, aging the character by 10 years.

But all of this is far down the road. We don’t even know when Season 4 begins. Season 5 will be in 2021-22, and Season 6 after that. By that time Prince Andrew may have taken the whole bloody lot down!

Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
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