Golden Globes Winner Elizabeth Debicki On Lessons Learned From Playing Princess Diana In Final Season Of ‘The Crown’

Anthony D'Alessandro
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When it came to getting to the soul of the late Princess Diana in the final season of Netflix’s The Crown, Elizabeth Debicki says “there were many question marks that went unanswered — I had to discard that and create something.”

This despite the enormous amount of research she did in playing Princess Diana’s final chapter.

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“I’m not a mother, and certainly not a member of the Royal family, but the thing that stuck with me the most when I did my research and started to play this part as well was the combination of the sort of isolation and emergence from it; the desire to recreate the self and to control the narrative of one’s life. I’ve learned a lot from playing this part, the courage that it takes, and the inherent beauty in life,” says the actress, who won her first Golden Globe tonight for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television.

“I just think it was such a lumination that came from that desire to bust through that isolation to something beautiful and to try and reach people, see people, and be seen,” Debicki continued.

She added that in prepping for the role, there was “fear — this sense that I owed something to the audience, something specific; capturing something that would give the sense of a person who is proudly loved, and that was a totally unusual entry point into the world.”

During the course of its run, The Crown has won eight Golden Globes.

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