Elizabeth Debicki Doesn't Think There Should Be Another Season ofThe Crown: 'Ended in the Right Place' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Elizabeth Debicki.Photo:Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Elizabeth DebickithinksThe Crownshould be left as is.

In this week’s issue, the Emmy-nominated actress, 33, opens up about why she thinks the hit Netflix series, in which she portrayedPrincess Diana, shouldn’t get any follow-up seasons.

“I think it ended in the right place, really,” Debicki tells PEOPLE exclusively. “I think it respected its own cycle in a way.”

“It always kind of knew where it was going, and then I think there was a sense from the writing from [creator]Peter [Morgan]as well, that it understood its own end in a way. It’s very delicate, I think,” she continues.

Adds Debicki: “He did an amazing job wrapping up such an enormous journey. I don’t really like the word journey, but it was a big journey for people to go on. When you commit to watching six seasons of a show, you need it to end properly.”

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Elizabeth Debicki.Rosaline Shahnavaz

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Debicki portrayed the mother ofPrince HarryandPrince Williamin thelast two seasons ofThe Crown, which focused on the royal’s final days before herfatal car crash in August 1997.

“I thought it was very respectful, and I know that the depth and degree of conversation around how to end the series was immense, and I thought it was really kind of delicate and intricately done,” the actress says of season 6.

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“I think everybody’s performance in this season is really kind of magnificent. I know I’m biased because it’s my show, but I think everyone did really incredible work,” she continues.

Elizabeth Debicki; Princess Diana.Michael Buckner/Getty; Julian Parker/Getty

Michael Buckner/Getty; Julian Parker/Getty

For the2024 Emmyson Sept. 15, Debicki is nominated for outstanding supporting actress in a drama for her performance inThe Crown.

She is up againstChristine Baranski(The Gilded Age),Greta Lee(The Morning Show), Holland Taylor (The Morning Show),Lesley Manville(The Crown),Nicole Beharie(The Morning Show) and Karen Pittman (The Morning Show).

Speaking about the series' 18 Emmy nominations, Debicki tells PEOPLE, “I was so thrilled that so many of us have been nominated. That just feels like the cherry on the cake, really, of such a nice thing.”

“The show’s been running for a long time, and my cast and I have been kind of on this ride for nearly three years in a way, in terms of prep and then shooting and press, and so it’s just a lovely end to a long and beautiful — but sometimes really challenging — chapter as actors,” she continues.

All six seasons ofThe Crownare streaming on Netflix.

source: people.com