The new run is set to be an emotional one, as we explore the time before Princess Diana\u2019s death, her identity outside of her marriage to Charles and her relationship with Dodi Fayed.<\/p>\n
Reprising her role as Princess Diana for season 6, Elizabeth Debicki<\/a> opened up to RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press about the process of getting into character this time around \u2013 and it wasn\u2019t an easy one.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cIt was a very different process. In season five, it was a cerebral experience to begin with. And by that, I mean I\u2019m in my mind a lot more. I\u2019m thinking through things a lot more. I\u2019d done about a year of research, and then you come to work and you\u2019re trying to pull the pieces together \u2013 and you\u2019re watching yourself [intently].<\/p>\n \u201cI think this is quite a common experience on The Crown, because you\u2019re playing a real-life person. There\u2019s this sort of grace period where you\u2019re doing it and you\u2019re thinking, \u2018Is it working? Are people buying it? Am I getting closer to something?’\u201d<\/p> She continued: \u201cI lived in the role and I played her for eight or nine months \u2013 and then there was this hiatus, which I think was about three months, during which I knew the scripts for season six were going to land in my lap.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a really interesting time where I tried to release myself from the role and I tried to take a break \u2013 but looking back now, I realise it was impossible. It was almost like I was held in this continuum. I wasn\u2019t thinking about it every day on purpose, but I was probably processing everything and churning through.\u201d<\/p>\n Debicki went on: \u201cAnd then the scripts landed in my lap and I actually felt this real anxiety about opening them up, because I knew what was coming and I knew what my task would be and I knew how very, very sad it was going to be for me on a human level to tell that story, but also on an acting level. And also, of course, the idea of saying goodbye to the character.<\/p>\n \u201cI put off reading the scripts for as long as I could \u2013 but when I read them [episodes one to four], I read them all in one go, which is the testament of Peter\u2019s [Morgan] writing. I was totally devastated when I finished.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The first part of the final season will land on Netflix on Thursday 16th November at 8am GMT, and will consist of four episodes, with the second part of the season airing in December.<\/p>\n Debicki will be joined by Khalid Abdalla as Dodi Fayed<\/a>, who also died in the horrific Paris car crash. Salim Daw plays his father, Mohamed Al-Fayed<\/a>, who passed away in August of this year.<\/p>\n![\"Elizabeth](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/TheCrownSeason6Image49-90fa0cd.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Elizabeth")
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