Dominic West ‘Read All the Reviews’ for ‘The Crown’ and ‘Spent Two Days in Bed’: ‘I’m a Sensitive Soul. I Worry About What People Think’
Dominic West is feeling some relief now that “The Crown” is over. The actor played Prince Charles during the Netflix series’ final two seasons, which just so happened to be its most divisive among television critics. Variety called Season 5 the show’s “weakest,” while Netflix’s decision to split the sixth and final season into two parts led to a batchof strong episodes (those primarily focused on Princess Diana’s final days) and not-so-strong episodes (Variety said the show ended in “anticlimax”). While still an awards heavyweight, “The Crown” fell off its critical throne by the end of its run and it appears West took notice.
“I don’t want to make their lives any more difficult than they already are, so I suppose it does concern you,” West said on BBC’s “Today” when asked about the royal reaction to his performance. “All reactions worry me. I read all the reviews and spent two days in bed. So yes, I’m a sensitive soul, I worry about what people think.”
West is making the press rounds supporting his new U.K. stage production of Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge,” and he said “it’s such a relief now to go back to theater and not have to talk about the monarchy anymore.”
“I was reluctant to take it on but you don’t turn down a Peter Morgan script very easily … He’s such a greater writer and it was such a great show,” West added on a more positive note. “I loved being on it. I loved wearing the clothes. I loved driving the cars and I loved having people bow to me. It’s an absolutely wonderful feeling. I miss it.”
Despite mixed reviews for the show at large, West earned strong notices for his portrayal of Prince Charles and was recently nominated at the Golden Globes for his performance. The show’s final season gave West some of the most dramatic scenes, including Charles telling his sons about their mother’s accident.
“When I read that Peter had written how Charles reacts to the news of Diana — when he sees her dead, he howls with grief in the Paris hospital to the point that they could hear him outside the room — I thought, ‘Oh, God, no. Oh dear.’ We don’t know, obviously, how Prince Charles reacted,” West previously told Variety. “But anyway, he obviously decided to make him very emotional, and I’m glad he did, in hindsight and having done it. I think Charles is an emotional man compared to some of his family.”
All six seasons of “The Crown” are now available to stream on Netflix.
单词:
1. Divisive:Something that is divisive causes unfriendliness and argument between people,造成不和的、引起纷争的;
2. Critic:A critic is a person who writes about and expresses opinions about things such as books, movies, music, or art,评论家;
3. Batchof:A batch of things or people is a group of things or people of the same kind, especially a group that is dealt with at the same time or is sent to a particular place at the same time,(一) 批;
4. Anticlimax:You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected,令人失望的事物、令人扫兴的事物;
5. Falloff:If something falls off, it separates from the thing to which it was attached and moves toward the ground,脱落;
6. Monarchy:The monarchy is used to refer to the monarch and his or her family,王室;
7. Reluctant:If you are reluctant to do something, you are unwilling to do it and hesitate before doing it, or do it slowly and without enthusiasm,不愿意的、勉强的;
8. Despite:You use despite to introduce a fact which makes the other part of the sentence surprising,尽管;
9. Portrayal:An actor's portrayal of a character in a play or movie is the way that he or she plays the character,扮演;
10. Hindsight:Hindsight is the ability to understand and realize something about an event after it has happened, although you did not understand or realize it at the time,后见之明;
Dominic West ‘Read All the Reviews’ for ‘The Crown’ and ‘Spent Two Days in Bed’: ‘I’m a Sensitive Soul. I Worry About What People Think’
Dominic West is feeling some relief now that “The Crown” is over. The actor played Prince Charles during the Netflix series’ final two seasons, which just so happened to be its most divisive among television critics. Variety called Season 5 the show’s “weakest,” while Netflix’s decision to split the sixth and final season into two parts led to a batchof strong episodes (those primarily focused on Princess Diana’s final days) and not-so-strong episodes (Variety said the show ended in “anticlimax”). While still an awards heavyweight, “The Crown” fell off its critical throne by the end of its run and it appears West took notice.
“I don’t want to make their lives any more difficult than they already are, so I suppose it does concern you,” West said on BBC’s “Today” when asked about the royal reaction to his performance. “All reactions worry me. I read all the reviews and spent two days in bed. So yes, I’m a sensitive soul, I worry about what people think.”
West is making the press rounds supporting his new U.K. stage production of Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge,” and he said “it’s such a relief now to go back to theater and not have to talk about the monarchy anymore.”
“I was reluctant to take it on but you don’t turn down a Peter Morgan script very easily … He’s such a greater writer and it was such a great show,” West added on a more positive note. “I loved being on it. I loved wearing the clothes. I loved driving the cars and I loved having people bow to me. It’s an absolutely wonderful feeling. I miss it.”
Despite mixed reviews for the show at large, West earned strong notices for his portrayal of Prince Charles and was recently nominated at the Golden Globes for his performance. The show’s final season gave West some of the most dramatic scenes, including Charles telling his sons about their mother’s accident.
“When I read that Peter had written how Charles reacts to the news of Diana — when he sees her dead, he howls with grief in the Paris hospital to the point that they could hear him outside the room — I thought, ‘Oh, God, no. Oh dear.’ We don’t know, obviously, how Prince Charles reacted,” West previously told Variety. “But anyway, he obviously decided to make him very emotional, and I’m glad he did, in hindsight and having done it. I think Charles is an emotional man compared to some of his family.”
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