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Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ Image credit: Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over the years, many have played the part of Princess Diana<\/a> at various stages of her life. But in Netflix’s The Crown<\/em><\/a>, Elizabeth Debicki easily takes the prize of most uncanny portrayal<\/a>. From her signature head tilt to her piercing stare, the Australian actress became the spitting image of the late royal during her final years. But immersing yourself in such a role doesn’t come without its takeaways.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Harper\u2019s Bazaar<\/em><\/a>, Debicki reflected on her time as the ‘People’s Princess’ for the show’s fifth and sixth season<\/a>, sharing how she’s come to feel about the royal, and what she’s learned from her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Princess Diana, in the way that I\u2019ve tried to play her, is someone who tries to make people at ease,\u201d Debicki told the outlet. “My Diana is someone who\u2019s not been listened to very well or given a lot of space to be seen in a certain light.”<\/p>\n

She then opened up about the depiction of the romance between the princess and her partner, Dodi Fayed<\/a>, who also lost his life in the fatal 1997 car crash that killed Diana.<\/p>\n

“The way that Khalid [Abdalla] played Dodi informed a lot of what I found out in the relationship\u2014that he\u2019s very gentle, he\u2019s very loving, he listens in an incredible way,\u201d she said. \u201c[There\u2019s] this sense of, \u2018Oh, isn\u2019t this an unexpectedly easy relationship that we\u2019ve fallen into?\u2019 And then there\u2019s this trajectory in the story where the media coverage of the relationship taints it, spins it in a certain way, and all of that lightness and air in the relationship becomes much more pressurised.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it was Diana’s relationship with her children, Prince William<\/a> and Prince Harry<\/a>, that really touched and surprised the actress.<\/p>\n

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Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ Image credit: Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I think one of the most important things… is the relationships she has with her children,” she explained.<\/p>\n

“All I ever had as an actor was the outline, the silhouette, the public-facing narrative,” she explained. “There are lots of snaps that you see where [she] just looks full of joy and like a mother really attempting to make sure her teenage boys have a really good time on holidays, and that\u2019s really what I leaned into trying to put onscreen.”<\/p>\n

Despite channelling Diana, including recreating memorable scenes like that<\/em> diving board photo, Debicki admits that it’s impossible to ever really know what she was going through.<\/p>\n

“One of the things about doing The Crown<\/em><\/a> is you do not have the answers,” she said. “You\u2019re not an authority; you are putting the pieces together like other people are. I have access to a lot of archival stuff, but that doesn\u2019t mean I have the answers,” she said, recalling the moment she tried to portray the iconic scene. “So, for instance, in that diving board photo, I too wondered before making choices as an actor: ‘What was going on? Did she know she was being photographed, and was she doing it on purpose?’ There seems to be a real melancholy to those photos, but it\u2019s also a very independent moment in her life.”<\/p>\n

But through learning about Princess Diana’s later years, Debicki took on some valuable lessons that will stay with her.<\/p>\n

“Life is short, and all we have are the people around us, and we should endeavour to be as kind and generous to everybody,” she said. “I also think [Diana] put love at the centre of her life for her children, and I think she believed that pursuing the love she felt, she was worthy of receiving, was also a worthy pursuit to put at the centre of her life, and I\u2019ve learned from that too.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42672,"featured_media":83731,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,16],"yoast_head":"\nElizabeth Debicki On What She Learned From Princess Diana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Elizabeth Debicki has wrapped up her time as Princess Diana on Netflix's The Crown. 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