Breaking Baz: ‘The Crown’ Director Who Filmed Diana And Dodi’s Final Moments In Season 6 Says “Extraordinary” Sensitivity Was Involved In Handling Tumultuous Scenes
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The director of Netflix drama The Crown‘s episodes re-creating Princess Diana’s death in Paris 26 years ago has revealed the extraordinary efforts that went into ensuring it was handled with tact.
Speaking exclusively to Deadline, Christian Schwochow, who directed the three crucial Season 6 episodes that feature what are likely to be some of the most talked about moments on television this year, said that though shots were filmed of Diana, played by Elizabeth Debicki, in the Paris morgue, there was never any intention of them being included in the final edit.
The filmmaker directed the second episode from the final season of Peter Morgan’s British royal drama, titled “Two Photographs”; episode 3 (“Dis-Moi-Oui”), which features the crash; and episode 4, titled “Aftermath.” Schwochow also confirmed reports from last October that the crash involving the Mercedes-Benz, driven by Henri Paul and carrying Diana, Dodi Fayed and security consultant Trevor Rees-Jones, would not be shown. “We did film Diana, but very respectfully — not in a big close-up,” said Schwochow.
This enabled Dominic West to perform his scenes as her former husband Prince Charles at the hospital, he added. “It was very, very clear to us that we don’t want to see her dead body.
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