Debicki spoke about preparing for the role in a featurette shared by Rotten Tomatoes TV, and she pointed out just how overwhelming it is to sift through the countless clips and photos of the late princess. “Diana being the most photographed person in the world at that time, there’s just this incredible amount of content that we have access to,” Debicki shared. “Obviously, as an actor, it’s just, you open the portal and it’s just this huge tsunami of information that comes at you.”
Diana’s life is indeed often remembered in snapshots: a timeline of her years in the royal family — and the years after her divorce, when the paparazzi continued to follow her — would include famous photos of her in outfits like her famous black “revenge dress” or her sheep sweater. But there were more groundbreaking photos, too, like those of her hugging a young AIDS patient during a time when the illness was heavily stigmatized. According to Debicki, she and costar Dominic West, who plays the future King Charles this season, both tried to look past the more manufactured image to the ones that they felt best represented the people themselves.