Dominic West Says ‘The Crown’ Season 6 Shows Charles At The “Worst Period” Of His Life
deadline.comDominic West has said his portrayal of Prince Charles in season 6 of The Crown shows the current British monarch during “the worst period” of his life.
Upcoming episodes will show Prince Charles in the aftermath of the news of Princess Diana‘s death in August 1997. Charles and Diana had divorced the year prior, with Charles then cementing his relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles and Diana beginning a relationship with Dodi Fayed, who also died in the crash that ended her life in Paris. “There were some really heavy scenes this season and a lot of tears for Charles,” said West. “There are a lot of the scenes of Charles trying to come to terms with [Diana’s death] and breaking the news to his sons, trying to help his sons mourn and having varying degrees of success at that,” said West during a Netflix cast interview conducted by the streamer ahead ofseason 6’s launch on November 16.
The interview took place in April, before the SAG-AFTRA strike began. West, who also starred in The Wire and The Affair and has played the now-King Charles III since Season 5 of The Crown, added that as the father of two boys similar in age to Princes William and Harry when Diana passed, he naturally wanted to “fight Charles’ corner.” “I’m always trying to present him in a good light, and I don’t always succeed in doing that, but I think in the latter half of the season where William is giving him a really hard time and he’s very angry with him and won’t talk to him and [Charles] can’t get through to him, to his son, I can understand how that feels,” he said.
The series will inevitably draw headlines about Charles’ relationship with Harry, who stepped down as a working royal after marrying Meghan Markle and since been very critical of
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