Twilight’s Kristen Stewart to play Princess Diana in new film
The Twilight actress, Kristen Stewart is set to play Princess Diana in a new film about the late Princess Diana.
The film will reportedly be about the late princess’ break-up from Prince Charles.
The film will be named Spencer, set in the early 1990s, scripted by Peaky Blinders.
The director of the film praised Stewart saying she is one of the great actors around today.
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"We decided to get into a story about identity, and around how a woman decides somehow, not to be the queen," director Pablo Larrain said.
In the early hours of 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales died in hospital after being injured in a car crash in a road tunnel in Paris.
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Kristen Stewart will star as Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín's ‘Spencer’
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The film is written by Steven Knight and covers a critical weekend in the early ‘90s when Diana decided her marriage to Prince Charles wasn’t working
Filming is aiming to begin in early 2021 pic.twitter.com/JqbnihYSuc