The creators of the hit Netflix series The Crown have revealed who will play Prince William and Kate Middleton in the sixth season of the show. 16-year-old Rufus Kampa and 21-year-old Ed McVey will take on the role of William as he grows from teen to adult, and actress Meg Bellamy will play Kate Middleton.
Season 5 of The Crown is scheduled to be released this November. It will feature an all-new cast including Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, Dominic West as Prince Charles, Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, and Olivia Williams as Camilla Parker Bowles. Jonny Lee Miller will also appear as Prime Minister John Major.
It will also feature Dominic West’s son Senan West as a young Prince William (aged around 11). Teddy Hawley and Will Powell will both play a young Prince Harry at different ages.
While the producers remain as tight-lipped as ever regarding which moments of the British royals’ lives they plan to re-visit during the show, the casting suggests that Season 5 will focus on the 1990s, including events leading-up to and possibly following Diana’s death in 1997.
As Variety revealed last year, Diana’s boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed, who died alongside her in the Paris crash, will be portrayed on the show by The Kite Runner star Khalid Abdalla while his father, former department store owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, will be played by Salim Daw (Oslo).
Prince William took a gap year before enrolling at St Andrew’s University in Scotland in 2001, where he met fellow pupil Kate. They went on to date for 10 years before eventually marrying in 2011, and with the casting news, it seems like this should be part of the story line in Season 6, which is set to go into production this fall.
via: Variety