Elizabeth Debicki and Emma Corrin on Failed ‘Crown’ Auditions, Sharing the Role of Diana and ‘Abusive’ Paparazzi: ‘We Haven’t Learned Anything’

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Emma Corrin and Elizabeth Debicki, the road to “The Crown” began with failed auditions. Each performer was up for a guest part in the Netflix series’ early seasons; both ended up playing Princess Diana at different ages.

Corrin was Emmy-nominated for portraying the newly wed and then increasingly disillusioned princess in Season 4. Debicki, previously a nominee for Season 5, which centered on Diana’s divorce from Prince Charles, is eligible for a nomination this year for the show’s final season, in which Diana tragically dies in Paris.

Corrin has springboarded off their “Crown” success into further risky and intriguing roles — this season playing the enigmatic and dogged sleuth Darby Hart on FX’s snowbound mystery “A Murder at the End of the World,” created by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij. EMMA CORRIN: We had a similar thing where you auditioned for a smaller role before. ELIZABETH DEBICKI: Yeah. CORRIN: For Season 1 or 2? DEBICKI: 2. CORRIN: Mad.

And then they called you back. What was the role you went in for? DEBICKI: I’ve never told anyone what the role is because the person who did it was so brilliant. CORRIN: Was it a big role? DEBICKI: You know how in “The Crown,” there are cameos that pop up and the whole episode becomes about that person that might only appear for one or two? CORRIN: Mm-hmm. DEBICKI: So, in that sense, it was a big role.