The casting directors of The Crown deserve an award for this spot-on casting.
This week, Netflix released a first glimpse of teenage Prince William and Prince Harry in Part One of The Crown season six. While Rufus Kamp and Fflyn Edwards play young Prince William and Prince Harry, respectively, in Part One (see below), Ed McVey and Luther Ford will portray the teenage versions of the characters in Part Two.
In one photo, the boys are standing next to their mother, Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki), who’s wearing a flattering pink dress. The second photo shows William and Harry posing alongside their father, Prince Charles (Dominic West).
The sixth—and final—season of The Crown will take place from 1997 to 2005, and it will be split into two parts. The first half will explore Princess Diana’s relationship with Dodi (Khalid Abdalla) prior to her tragic death, and the follow-up will address the aftermath.
Despite the emotional subject matter, Debicki revealed that series creator Peter Morgan did a fantastic job of recreating that fateful day.
“I think it’s a really unique challenge as an actor, to portray those days,” the 33-year-old actress said in a press release. “I really just trusted in Peter’s emotional blueprint that he created for us to follow. It’s his interpretation, and I think it made emotional sense to me, so I clung to that. Because, obviously, it’s devastating and it’s fraught and we can never know.”
Part one of The Crown season six will hit Netflix on November 16, followed by part two on December 14.
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