Olivia Williams and Dominic West in The Crown.Photo: Netflix
The British actress, 54, who playsCamilla Parker Bowlesin season 5 of the hit Netflix drama, toldThe TimesSaturday that the show’s reimagined conversation between her character and the then-Prince Charlesand Camilla is “the absolute best scene.”
“I think the writing and the way this episode is structured is so brilliant,” added Williams about how director May el-Toukhy portrayed Charles’s cheating on the latePrincess Diana.
“I would like to make it illegal for anyone to comment upon the inclusion of this conversation who doesn’t actually watch the episode,” she continued.
“If you decide because your principles are so high that you’re not going to watch the episode and then you choose to comment, your opinion is of no value. What this episode does is an extraordinary piece of film-making.”
Camilla Parker Bowles and Olivia Williams.Splash; Mrs E Wilson/Shutterstock
“Tampongate” occurred in January 1993 when a real-life phone conversation between Charles and Camilla was leaked toThe Sunday Mirror. During the six-minute chat, Charles told Camilla that he wanted to “live inside” her trousers and then joked that he could be reincarnated as a Tampax tampon.
Amid giggles, Camilla — who was married to Andrew Parker Bowles at the time — later added that she “desperately, desperately” yearned for him too.
Dominic West, who playsPrince Charlesin the new series of the show, recently spoke about the sensitive material.
“I remember thinking it was something so sordid and deeply, deeply embarrassing [at the time],” West toldEntertainment Weeklyof his perception of the headlines when the news broke nearly 30 years ago.
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On Oct. 21, Netflix agreed to include a disclaimer onThe Crown’s season 5 trailerand Netflix page, following criticism from figures including Dame Judi Dench that it would be “cruelly unjust” not to preface each episode with a statement pointing out that the program is a work of historical fiction.
“I don’t want to be contemptuous of people who get it confused, but it’s not a documentary,” she toldThe Times. “My mum’s a criminal barrister and she always said, ‘Were you there? Were you in the room? Did you see it happen? No, then everything is hearsay.'”
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While describing her stance on the royal family as being “pinko lefty,” Williams has also met Camilla in person and describes her as being “very funny”.
“I quite like that they were there to represent us but couldn’t really justify it in terms of all men being born equal,” she toldThe Times. “But, of course, when I met her I gushed.”
The Crown’s season 5 is now streaming on Netflix.
source: people.com
