Watch Russian Bear Hunter The Crown 2020
with Josh O'Connor as Charles, Prince of Wales, Emerald Fennell as Camilla Parker Bowles, from The Crown 2020 series episode directed by Julian Jarrold, created and written by Peter Morgan.
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CHARLES: Does anyone know
the story of the Russian bear hunter?.
I'm afraid I've already told Mrs. Parker Bowles.
Perhaps she could help me tell it.
CAMILLA: All right, sir.
CHARLES: A bear hunter goes deep into the Siberian woods. Suddenly, he sees...
CAMILLA: ...an enormous bear.
CHARLES: The hunter raises his gun, and, bang, he shoots. The bear disappears from view. "Got him!" he thinks. But then he feels a tap on the shoulder. He looks up to see the bear, who says...
CAMILLA: "No one takes a shot at me and gets away with it! You have a choice. Either I can tear you to pieces and devour you now, or..."
CHARLES: "...or you can drop your trousers, bend over, and let me have my way with you." The hunter pulls down his trousers, and the bear does his worst. Afterwards, the hunter hobbles into town...
CAMILLA: ...somewhat bow-legged.
CHARLES: Yes! And he buys a much bigger gun and goes back into the woods.
CAMILLA: And it isn't long before he sees the bear again. He raises his gun, bang, fires. But when the smoke clears...
CHARLES: ...the bear's nowhere to be seen. "Got him,"
the hunter thinks.
But a moment later, he feels another tap on his shoulder, and the bear says...
CAMILLA:
You know what to do.
CHARLES: Now, after the bear's done his worst, the hunter heads back in town again and buys an even bigger gun.
CAMILLA: A bazooka.
CHARLES: Yes! He goes back into the woods, he sees the bear, he takes aim and fires.
BOTH: Boom!
CAMILLA: But when the smoke clears, the hunter looks up to see the bear standing over him, and the bear says:
CHARLES: "You're not in this for the hunting, are you?"
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Notes
This episode was O'Connor's winning submission for the 2021 Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series.
"And the bear says 'You're Not Really Here For The Hunting Are You'?" This is the punchline to the joke told by Charles and Camilla. This punchline has also been used in The Wire: The Pager (2002) and an episode of the UK TV version of State of Play.
Emerald Lilly Fennell went on to receive wider recognition for her starring roles in the BBC One period drama series Call the Midwife (2013-17) and for her portrayal of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in the Netflix period drama series The Crown (2019-20). She made her feature film directorial debut with the thriller Promising Young Woman (2020), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and received nominations for Best Picture, and Best Director, becoming one of only seven women, and the first British woman, to be nominated for the latter.