The Crown Retrospective | Netflix Awards

THE END OF AN ERA

A note from Creator peter morgan Celebrating Family Ending the Reign Passing the Acting Baton Queen Elizabeth Princess Diana Prince Charles Prince Philip Princess Margaret Prince William & Princess Kate The Prime Ministers The Fayeds

Scope & Scale Finding Emotion Farewell Leaving a Legacy A Crowning Achievement A Note of Gratitude 18 EMMY® NOMINATIONS

Queens Funeral

Composer | Martin Phipps
The Bishops

Composer | Martin Phipps
Proposal

Composer | Martin Phipps
Super 8

Composer | Martin Phipps
Olivia

Composer | Martin Phipps
Dogs Blanket

Composer | Martin Phipps
Preparations

Composer | Martin Phipps
Claire

Composer | Martin Phipps
Photos

Composer | Martin Phipps
Leave You To It

Composer | Martin Phipps

BY THE

NUMBERS

18 EMMY® NOMINATIONS

OUTSTANDING
DRAMA SERIES

6 Epic seasons.
60 EXTRAORDINARY EPISODES.

SEASONS

THE END OF AN ERA

A NOTE
FROM CREATOR PETER MORGAN

Coming to the final season of The Crown was bittersweet; equal measure sadness that this 10-year journey was over but also relief, pride, and gratitude for the extraordinary adventure it has been.

On behalf of all the producers, I’d like to thank every director, actor, researcher, and craftsperson who poured their full hearts into every moment, of every scene, in every one of the 60 episodes.

We are forever grateful to them for their artistry and to you, the audiences and champions of our series for your loyalty.

“THE GOLD STANDARD

FOR HISTORICAL DRAMA”

THE OBSERVER

CELEBRATING FAMILY

“we kept the quality high
Thanks to the extraordinary culture of commitment and passion and pride in the work that I feel radiated from every department.”

"One of the extraordinary things about The Crown is that, of those who started this, hundreds of people will finish the journey.

It felt very much like a community. A lot of the crew have been from day one. It has been one of the great joys of my professional life.”

Stephen Daldry

Director & Producer

“The achievement that I’m most proud of is that

we did it and we kept the quality high
thanks to the extraordinary culture of commitment and passion and pride in the work that I feel radiated from every department.”

peter morgan

creator

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Ending the Reign

A retrospective of crafting the series with the Cast and Crew of The Crown

PASSING THE
ACTING BATON

“There’s a continuity, yet it’s entirely new and fresh each time.”

passing the acting baton

“There’s a continuity, yet it’s entirely new and fresh each time.”

queen elizabeth ›
princess diana ›
prince charles ›
prince philip ›
princess margaret ›
prince william & princess kate ›
the prime ministers ›
the fayeds ›

“Right from the get-go,

I’d always thought that every couple of years, every couple of seasons, to change the cast as we travel through time.

There’s a continuity, yet it’s entirely new and fresh each time.”

PETER MORGAN

CREATOR

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The Crown - From Casting to Research

An inside look at how the Cast evolved throughout the seasons

“That's been one of the joys, seeing the different interpretations of one character. So, different facets of one character, explored through different actors. I think

all the actors who've taken this on are always aware of what has been given to them. I thought everybody was very nuanced in their understanding of what had come before.”

Stephen Daldry

Director & Producer

Queen Elizabeth

Played by Emmy® winner Claire Foy, Emmy® winner Olivia Colman, and Imelda Staunton

“Bringing all three Queen’s back in the last episode and watching Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton interact and pay homage to each other and the show, and the woman they were depicting. It was a moment, I think, that will stay with me for the rest of my life.”

Stephen Daldry

Director & Producer

“We owe everything to Claire Foy, who set the bar impossibly high. And then, Olivia carried it on.

It was fitting that they were there at the end, absolutely.

It was really special.”

Imelda Staunton

Actress

Princess diana

Played by Emma Corin and
SAG Award winner Elizabeth Debicki

Actors on Actors

Elizabeth Debicki and Emma Corrin
sharing the role of Diana.

Prince Charles

Played by Emmy® winner Josh O’Connor and Dominic West

Prince Philip

Played by Matt Smith, Emmy® Award Winner Tobias Menzies and Jonathan Pryce

Princess Margaret

Played by Vanessa Kirby, Helena Bonham Carter and Leslie Manville

“I feel like I know Princess Margaret very well, but I don't feel in isolation in that knowledge because Vanessa knew her, Helena knew her, and now at this stage of her life, I know her.

The three of us have created this complex and rather magnificent woman.”

Leslie Manville

Actress

Prince William &
Princess Kate

Played by Ed McVey and Meg Bellamy

Prime Ministers

Winston Churchill played by Emmy® winner John Lithgow, Margaret Thatcher played by Emmy® winner Gillian Anderson, Harold Wilson played by Jason Watkins, John Major played by Johnny Lee Miller, and Tony Blair played by Bertie Carvel

The Fayeds

Dodi played by Khalid Abdalla
and Mohammed played by Salim Dau

“THE CROWN SECURES ITS PLACE IN THE PANTHEON OF TELEVISION HISTORY”

AWARDSWATCH

An Unprecedented Scope & Scale

“As big as 40 feature films.”

“At the beginning, nine and half years ago when I began,

I thought I’m taking on a TV show that’s as big as a feature film, and it turned out to be as big as 40 feature films.

Martin Childs

Production Designer

"The Crown is certainly the most epic show I've ever worked on.

Every single person involved is the best and at the top of their game. Creatively,

it's a melting pot of brilliance. Such forensic attention to detail.

It’s quite extraordinary.”

Leslie Manville

Actress

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The Crown

Go behind the scenes to see how the costumes were expertly crafted

Finding Emotion

“I was unprepared for the strength of feeling that The Crown provokes in people.”

“What I think I was unprepared for was not just the popularity of the show

but was also the strength of feeling that The Crown provokes in people

peter morgan

creator

“With a show that knows what it is and is so successful in the way it's shot and acted,

we try to add a subtext, add an emotion, add another layer with the music.”

Martin Phipps

Composer

“I find being close to this role,

there's so much beauty and love and desire to connect to people.

The Diana character has this capacity to connect to people. It’s an extraordinary feeling and a very beautiful thing to be in.”

Elizabeth Debicki

Actress

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The Crown | Framing the Legacy

Emmy® Award-winning director of photography Adriano Goldman, ASC, BSC, ABC takes us behind the lens.

Farewell

“If you are coming to the end of a sixty hours story, you are aware that you are going to be engaging in a series of endings.”

“If you are coming to the end of a sixty hours story, you are aware that you are going to be engaging in a series of endings,

of different sorts. And, people are thinking about their own endings and thinking about issues of the role of the monarchy in modern, present day Britain…

Peter Morgan

Creator

“If you are coming to the end of a sixty hours story, you are aware that you are going to be engaging in a series of endings,

of different sorts. And, people are thinking about their own endings and thinking about issues of the role of the monarchy in modern, present day Britain…

Peter Morgan

Creator

“…The extraordinary thing about the final episode is that it deals with issues of succession,

issues of Her Majesty The Queen planning her own funeral, so she's very aware of her own mortality. She’s a woman who's been with us for so many years, for some of us part of our whole lives. It has been particularly emotional and fascinating.”

Peter Morgan

Creator

“Deserving of praise on every level.”

New York Magazine

Leaving a legacy

“There’s nothing quite like it out there.”

“I am delighted that we've spent eight years telling the story. I'm delighted by the thousands and thousands of crew we've employed. And thousands and thousands of actors we've employed, and the training program in different departments to allow people to grow over those years and to advance their professional skills,

I think that's a genuine legacy.”

Stephen Daldry

Director & Producer

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Celebrating Imelda Staunton’s Reign

Imelda Staunton and Director Stephen Daldry look back on the show's legacy.

“It feels to me like it was the first show that was done on this scale.

I hope its legacy will be that it took a globally famous family, speculated on what might make them tick, what might be behind the facade that everyone knows, so that you can see them as human beings.

This series has speculated on what that inner world of the royal family might be, and what I love about it is that, oh, surprise surprise,

they're just like the rest of us, in so many ways. Emotional ways. Beating heart kind of ways.”

Leslie Manville

Actress

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The Crown -
Crafting a Legacy

Creator Peter Morgan and the Artisans share how they transformed the actors and environments of the legendary series

“When I first started watching The Crown,

it really expanded a sense of empathy I had towards historical figures that I either didn't know anything about or didn't feel I could know about.

They sort of existed in a history book and Peter

brought them to life, in a way that was so accessible, and very moving.

I think maybe that's its legacy.”

Elizabeth Debicki

Actress

“There's nothing quite like it out there,

and the tone that it finds and the what-if look at these moments in history is really special.”

Martin Phipps

Composer

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A crowning achievement

The Legendary Series Bids Farewell

A deep and heartfelt thank you to fans around the world who embraced this landmark series, and to the industry who has honored it time and again.

SEASONS

AWARD
WINS

291

AWARD NOMINATIONS

18 EMMY® NOMINATIONS

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Imelda Staunton

LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Dominic West

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Elizabeth Debicki

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Lesley Manville

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Jonathan Pryce

GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Claire Foy

DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

“Sleep, Dearie Sleep”

Stephen Daldry

WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

“Ritz”

Peter Morgan
Meriel Sheibani-Clare

CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

Robert Sterne

CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SERIES (ONE HOUR)

“Sleep, Dearie Sleep”

Adriano Goldman, ASC

CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SERIES (ONE HOUR)

“Ritz”

Sophia Olsson

CONTEMPORARY COSTUMES

“Sleep, Dearie Sleep”

Amy Roberts
Giles Gale
Sidonie Roberts

PERIOD OR FANTASY/SCI-FI MAKEUP (NON-PROSTHETIC)

“Ritz”

Cate Hall
Emilie Yong-Mills

PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE CONTEMPORARY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE)

“Sleep, Dearie Sleep”

Martin Childs
Mark Raggett
Alison Harvey

MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)

“Sleep, Dearie Sleep”

Martin Phipps

SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)

“Sleep, Dearie Sleep”

Chris Ashworth
Stuart Hilliker, CAS
Martin Jensen
Lee Walpole, MPSE

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SINGLE EPISODE

“Dis-Moi Oui”

Ben Turner
Reece Ewing
Oliver Bersey
Julia Stannard
Joe Cork
Tim Zaccheo
Aurélien Ronceray
Joseph Dymond
Elena Pagliei