A hunky polo player smashing his mallet against a tent pole and hurling his helmet to the ground is one of the more dramatic scenes in Prince Harry‘s new, ‘make-or-break’ Netflix series about his beloved sport.
Louis Devaleix, 43, seems to embody what the Duke of Sussex calls the ‘passion and determination’ of those involved in the sport of kings.
The French-born player smirks at his pregnant wife Pamela as he tells her he has to fly to Argentina for a game and doesn’t know when he will be back – a comment which prompts a woman who appears to be his mother-in-law to complain: ‘You can’t do that when somebody is pregnant!’
While the trailer for the five-part series which airs later this month has
Do viewers expect a certain level of “realness” and drama in documentaries like Prince Harry’s polo series?
Surely you recognize Louis Deavileix? The trailer shows him bursting with the kind of, shall we say, ’passion’ we’ve come to expect from these polo players.
Does a scene of him tossing a helmet while his wife is pregnant seem a tad… dramatic for a documentary?
Or is that ‘realness’ exactly what viewers are craving from Prince Harry’s project?
I’m eager to see what our readers think. Let’s discuss in the comments!
