Elizabeth Debicki was drawn to playing a director in horror film Maxxxine because it was “so different” from her starring turn as Diana, Princess of Wales in The Crown. The horror film, set in 1980s Hollywood, is the final instalment in the Ti West-directed trilogy which features British actress Mia Goth as adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx. Advertisement Debicki, who won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her role as Diana in the last two seasons of The Crown, said she chose this project because it was “completely different” to the hit drama series.
Advertisement “I chose to do it because it is was so different,” she told the PA news agency at the red carpet premiere of Maxxxine at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. “I wanted to do it because I needed to break The Crown spell a little bit as an actor. Advertisement “For me, the idea of success has always been about playing something that’s different to the last thing that you did, because it’s more interesting for my brain and you always just want to get better at what you’re doing and that’s usually about bumping up against the last thing, and so that is what this was for me.
“It was really fun, I had a really good time.” Advertisement Elizabeth Debicki as Diana, Princess of Wales from season five of The Crown (Keith Bernstein/Netflix) The 33-year-old, who plays director Elizabeth Bender in the film, added that there were “not enough good things to say” about leading star Goth.