UPDATE
2:16 PM PT — Netflix sources inform TMZ they will not be recreating the crash itself.
Netflix’s “The Crown” is at the moment filming its newest season, and it appears like Princess Diana‘s deadly automobile crash will probably be entrance and middle … as a result of the present’s recreating that tragic second.
Production was underway Thursday in Paris, and fairly eerily, they’re taking pictures proper across the Pont de l’Alma tunnel … the fateful location the place Diana’s driver crashed in 1997 whereas being tailed by paparazzi.
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It appears just like the manufacturing is retracing the precise route and the scene because it actually occurred — they’ve photographers on bikes surrounding the Mercedes-Benz sedan.
As you realize, the 36-year-old’s dying shocked the world … her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, and their driver had been additionally killed within the devastating crash.
FYI — followers of the present know Diana, at the moment performed by Elizabeth Debicki, was first featured within the present’s 4th season, and there was a TON of fan pleasure surrounding her introduction to the royal plot.
It’s unclear if Diana’s dying will grow to be the primary focus of the upcoming season, however it appears like producers and the director are aiming to recreate the occasion as precisely as attainable.
Originally Published — 1:13 PM PT