‘The Crown’: Emma Corrin Says It Took 10 People To Help Dress Her in a Replica of Princess Diana’s Wedding Dress
Season 4 of The Crown is set to debut on Nov. 15, 2020, and fans are thrilled about the return of the drama series that depicts Queen Elizabeth II’s reign from her marriage to Prince Philip in 1947 into the 21st century. Now that The Crown is moving closer to the present day, fans are eager to see Princess Diana come to life on the big screen.
British actress Emma Corrin has been tapped to play the Princess of Wales in the forthcoming season. The Crown creator Peter Morgan addressed Corrin’s casting in a statement to Variety. He said,
Emma is a brilliant talent who immediately captivated us when she came in for the part of Diana Spencer. As well as having the innocence and beauty of a young Diana, she also has, in abundance, the range and complexity to portray an extraordinary woman who went from an anonymous teenager to becoming the most iconic woman of her generation.
Now ,Corrin has revealed into took 10 people to help her into the replica of Princess Diana’s wedding gown.
Inside ‘The Crown’ Season 4
Season 4 of The Crown will pick up with the British royal family at the end of the tumultuous 1970s. With Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor) entering the third decade of his life, Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) and the rest of the royal become obsessed with finding him a suitable bride in order to secure the line of succession.
Due to his family’s urging, the prince strikes up a romance with Lady Diana Spencer (Corrin), and the pair have a whirlwind engagement that neds with a massive July wedding in 1981. However, according to the press release from Netflix, “While Charles’ romance with a young Lady Diana Spencer (Emma Corrin) provides a much-needed fairytale to unite the British people, behind closed doors, the Royal family is becoming increasingly divided.”
In addition to the introduction of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Season 4 of The Crown also introduces Britain’s first female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson), and explores the tension she had with the queen.
This is how Emma Corrin feels about portraying Princess Diana on ‘The Crown’
Finding someone to play Princess Diana was always going to be a challenge, but Morgan and his team knew Corrin was the one immediately. “They actually offered me the part in the room,” she told The Hollywood Reporter “It felt like I had just been proposed to.”
Still, preparing to play the Princess of Wales was something else entirely. Luckily, following her separation from Prince Charles in 1992, Princess Diana got candid about her life inside of the royal family, her experience dealing with bulimia and so much more. In order to prepare for her role, Morgan sent Corrin all of the late princess’ biographies.
Corrin has also worked with a movement and voice coach to get the princess’ mannerisms down. Corrin said in a statement about snagging the role via Instagram,
I have been glued to the show and to think I’m now joining this incrdibly talented acting family is surreal. Princess Diana was an icon and her effect on the world remains profound and inspiring. To explore her through Peter Morgan’s writing is the most exceptional opportunity and I will strive to do her justice.
Emma Corrin needed a ton of help with Princess Diana’s wedding dress
Wearing a replica of Princess Diana’s massive wedding dress was a massive challenge for Corrin. She told British Vogue,
The Emanuels, who designed the original, gave us the patterns, and then it was made for me. We were filming the scene when you first see her in the wedding dress – I think it was Lancaster House in London – and I had a team of about 10 people helping me put it on, because it’s massive. I walked out and everyone went completely silent. More than anything else I wear in the series, it’s so… it’s her.
