Prasanna Puwanarajah on Playing Martin Bashir in The Crown Season 5

Martin Bashir may be the most controversial figure in the latest season of The Crown. The show’s fifth chapter, which follows the royal family from 1991 through some of 1997, focuses in on Princess Diana’s infamous 1995 Panorama interview with Bashir—and the unscrupulous tactics Bashir, a British journalist, used to convince the Princess of Wales to sit down for the conversation, including forged bank statements and more. Bashir, who was born and raised in London to Pakistani parents, joined the BBC in 1986, where he worked until 1999. The success of his Princess Diana scoop allowed him to land a… Read Full Article