‘The Crown’ producers claim filming Diana’s deadly car crash took ‘enormous sensitivity’
nypost.comtragic death of Princess Diana will play out on screen.Executive producers Andy Harries and Suzanne Mackie have claimed that they filmed the passing of Diana (played by Elizabeth Debicki) with “enormous sensitivity.”The pair noted that the death scene — the Princess of Wales died at the age of 36 in 1997 in a fiery car crash in Paris — will be shown in the early episodes of the season, according to Deadline.“The show might be big and noisy, but we’re not.
We’re thoughtful people and we’re sensitive people. There were very careful, long conversations about how we were going to do it,” Mackie recently explained of the Netflix series at the Edinburgh TV Festival.“The audience will judge it in the end, but I think it’s been delicately, thoughtfully recreated,” she said.“Elizabeth Debicki is an extraordinary actress, and she was so thoughtful and considerate.
She loved Diana. There’s a huge amount of respect from us all — I hope that’s evident,” Mackie added.The Post has reached out to Netflix for comment.
Back in October, “The Crown” came under fire for the depiction of the death scene. According to the Irish Sun, the scenes showing Diana’s accident have “sparked fury.”“To be going back to Paris and turning Diana’s final days and hours into a drama feels very uncomfortable.
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