In an interview with Variety, actor Dominic West talked about the many ways that Season 5 of “The Crown” has stirred up controversy, including with his portrayal of King Charles III in the 1990s, when he was merely heir to the throne and tormenting Princess Diana with his indifference to her needs and his affair with Camilla Parker Bowles.
West also had something to say Variety about how people don’t so much object to his performance, but that they can’t square him with playing the big-eared and often-stiff Charles. After all, West is an actor who’s built a career on being rakishly handsome and who can legitimately play heavy-duty sex scenes in “The Wire” or “The Affair.”
To West’s fans, he’s “hot.” And, as argued on Twitter, Charles is not.
