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Stars of Canneseries Highlight ’Máxima’ Discuss Following in the Footsteps of ‘The Crown’
World premiering at Canneseries, real-life royal family drama ‘Maxima’ looks like one of MipTV’s sales hits.
When asked about the responsibility of playing real-life royals, much like with Netflix’s hit show “The Crown,” Lakemeier added: “I wanted to stay as true as possible to what they were going through and feeling at the time, and those are personal, behind-closed-door things. Commenting on the importance of broaching Argentina’s complicated political past with “Máxima,” Chaves emphasised the “sensitivity” with which the subject is touched upon in the series. Chaves is also grateful for the decision to have a casting call for an Argentinian actress to play Máxima and to have the production team come to Argentina to better understand the country’s culture, especially when she believes it would have been “easier and cheaper production-wise” not to.
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