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Dominic Westis getting candid about the weight ofThe Crown.
“All reactions worry me. You know, I read all the reviews and I spent two days in bed,” West admitted. “So yes, I’m a sensitive soul. I worry about what people think.”
The actor, who currently stars in the theater production ofA View from the Bridge, jokingly added, “It’s such a relief to now go back to theater and not have to talk about the monarchy any more.”
Dominic West as Prince Charles inThe CrownSeason 6.Justin Downing/Netflix
Justin Downing/Netflix
He also revealed that while he had been initially “reluctant to take" on the role of Charles, he ultimately “loved” the part and working on the show.
“You don’t turn down aPeter Morganscript very easily. He’s such a great writer and it’s such a great show and I love being on it,” West said.
“I loved wearing the clothes. I loved driving the cars, and I loved having people bow to me. It’s an absolutely wonderful feeling. I miss it,” he said with a laugh.
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Dominic West as Prince Charles, Olivia Williams as Camilla inThe Crown, Season 6.Justin Downing
Justin Downing
“Peter [Morgan] imagines them so brilliantly and base grounds them very firmly in whatever facts we have, that I suppose I came to emphasize much more, certainly, with Charles and feel a sympathy for him.”
The cast ofThe Crownfamously changedevery two seasons to reflect the royals aging through the decades ofQueen Elizabeth’s reign, and West closed the role of then-Prince Charles, whichJosh O’Connororiginated in season 3 and continued into season 4.
He added that he thought the “big emotional scenes" — which he described as “wonderful for an actor” — were the ones that he was most worried about when filming in season 6, particularly a scene in the hospital in Paris where Charles “bawls” over the death ofPrincess Diana.
“I read that and thought, ‘How does a famously buttoned-up family, famously unemotional family, what are they like in times of high emotion when something deeply traumatic happens?' I was very worried about it, then, of course, comes the day you’re doing it and you’re acting, looking at the body of Diana and what you’ve got is a cross on a map box, that’s what you’ve got to look at. They’re difficult, those scenes,” he said. “And I suppose those are the ones I was most worried about.”
All seasons ofThe Crownare now streaming on Netflix.
source: people.com
