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The Crown’s Elizabeth Debicki Says She Kept Emulating Princess Diana After Filming: 'I Had to Unwind the Wheel'

In an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE, 'The Crown' star Elizabeth Debicki shared how playing Princess Diana had become second nature and why she had to 'consciously' work to keep from slipping into the late royal's mannerisms.

Elizabeth Debicki admittedly had a hard time letting go of portraying Princess Diana in her Emmy-nominated performance in The Crown. The Australian actress says that she found herself emulating Princes Diana "for a long while" after wrapping the series' sixth and final season. In November 2023, the actress told PEOPLE that the weight of playing Diana for the Netflix series was not lost on her, sharing, “I did a lot of research for this role.

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