The Crown series has an enormous audience and its popularity goes off the charts as the fifth season airs on Netflix. On Wednesday, the anticipated new season aired on Netflix, and people hopped on the ‘The Crown’ marathon to watch the whole season as fast as possible. Soon after this, people took to social media and started sharing their thoughts on the new season. Some of the fiercest comments were concerning Dominic West for his role as Prince Charles.
It is not questionable that the acting performance of Dominic West was outstanding. However, fans point out that there is no resemblance whatsoever between Prince Charles and Dominic West. They point their fingers at the casting bosses, questioning the reason why they decided to go with Dominic West.
The Crown Fans Claim Dominic West Is Too Good-Looking To Play Prince Charles
The new season of the series is surrounding the period of Princess Diana and Prince Charles’ marriage breaking apart. People expected Prince Charles‘s character to be dark and emotionless. However, Dominic West is ‘extremely charismatic’ and ‘charming’ instead. Something that, according to fans, Prince Charles never was.
“Dominic West is way better looking than Prince Charles. I don’t know how they managed to miscast him in The Crown.” – one Twitter user noted.
“The Crown’s new season dropped and it is obvious that Dominic West is too handsome to play Prince Charles. Elizabeth Debicki, on the other hand, is perfect as Diana.” – another user agreed.
“Charming Dominic West shouldn’t play that man. He is way too charismatic to play Prince Charles.” – a third one joined the comments.
People comment on the way of acting and depicting the situations before Princess Diana and Prince Charles’ split. They claim that Dominic West was ‘very soft’. In the scenes of their final days together, people expect Prince Charles’ actor to present him as despicable and harsh.
“Then Dominic West who is far too charismatic and far too good-looking to come off as an older Charles. In the last season, Prince Charles was pretty despicable in his treatment of Princess Diana.” – one Twitter user noticed.
The Crown series is receiving criticism by the royal family for not presenting the situations as they actually were. The royal critics state that the series is completely misrepresenting situations that happened during Queen Elizabeth’s reign. Furthermore, seeing the cast in Paris, filming the controversial scene of Princess Diana’s death, massive controversy and criticism were inevitable.
If season five of ‘The Crown’ received criticism about the bad image put on Prince Charles, imagine what will season six do. Are you a fan of ‘The Crown’? What do you think about Dominic West’s act?
