Elizabeth Debicki Says Filming Princess Diana Paparazzi Scenes in The Crown Was Like ‘Being Underwater’

The star of ‘The Crown’ tells PEOPLE the season 6 script imagined Princess Diana as someone who “had been through the fires and come through stronger”

Elizabeth Debicki Says Filming Paparazzi Scenes as Princess Diana in The Crown Was Like 'Being Underwater' (Exclusive)

Elizabeth Debicki at The Crown season 6, part 1 premiere in Los Angeles on November 12; Princess Diana’s visit to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in 1996. . PHOTO:

MICHAEL BUCKNER/GETTY; JULIANElizabeth Debicki says closing the role of Princess Diana in The Crown came with a unique weight.

Speaking to PEOPLE before the show’s season 6, part 1 premiere on Thursday, Debicki says the hardest scenes to film for Netflix’s drama inspired by the lives of the British royal family were those around the end.

The first installment, told in four episodes, explores the events surrounding Princess Diana’s tragic death in 1997 alongside love interest Dodi Fayed (played by Khalid Abdalla). Part 2 debuts on Dec. 14 with six episodes, focusing on the aftermath of the late Princess of Wales’ death and the future of the monarchy.  All of the scenes in the lead-up to the end of this season were in a cumulative way, very difficult. We shot them over a number of weeks. I think shooting the sequences where the two characters are being really pursued by the paparazzi was just a really horrible experience. It’s very physical,” Debicki, 33, exclusively tells PEOPLE. “After doing that for a few weeks, we were very drained, very tired. We felt in a way it’s almost like doing a stunt in the sense that your body starts to take on the kind of physical experience and you’re not doing a lot of acting.”

Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed seen in The Crown season 6

Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana and Khalid Abdalla as Dodi Fayed in season 6 of The Crown on Netflix.

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