Judi Dench wins royal rumble as Netflix labels The Crown 'fictional dramatisation'

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Source: The Guardian

Judi Dench wins royal rumble as Netflix labels The Crown ‘fictional dramatisation’

Trailer now comes with disclaimer after the actor accused the show of sacrificing accuracy for ‘crude sensationalism’

Sammy Gecsoyler
Fri 21 Oct 2022 13.13 BST
Last modified on Fri 21 Oct 2022 13.14 BST

Netflix has added a “fictional dramatisation” clarification to the trailer of the new series of The Crown after criticism from Judi Dench and John Major.

In the trailer’s description on YouTube, the first line now reads: “Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatisation tells the story of Queen Elizabeth II and the political and personal events that shaped her reign.”

In a letter to the Times on Thursday, Dench said the Netflix hit “seems willing to blur the lines between historical accuracy and crude sensationalism” and its status as fictionalised drama should be made clear because “a significant number of viewers, particularly overseas, may take its version of history as being wholly true”.

She said a disclaimer should be added by Netflix “for the sake of a family and a nation so recently bereaved, as a mark of respect to a sovereign who served her people so dutifully for 70 years, and to preserve its reputation in the eyes of its British subscribers”.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/oct/21/judi-dench-netflix-the-crown-fictional-dramatisation

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Earlier:
• The Crown: Netflix defends show after Sir John Major criticism (BBC)
• Judi Dench Calls Out ‘The Crown’ as ‘Cruelly Unjust,’ Urges Netflix to Add Disclaimer: ‘This Cannot Go Unchallenged’ (Variety)