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The film dramatizes one weekend from the early 1990s when Diana reportedly decided to end her marriage to Prince Charles.
Written by English screenwriter Steven Knight, the film takes place over three days during a Christmas event at the royal’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England.
Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín said it will show the thought process by which the Princess of Wales realized she, “needed to veer from a path that put her in line to one day be queen.” Pablo directed Natalie Portman in the 2016 Jackie Kennedy film Jackie, which earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination.
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The movie’s focus is on Diana’s marriage and the love she had for children Prince William and Prince Harry. “We decided to get into a story about identity, and around how a woman decides somehow, not to be the queen…She’s a woman who, in the journey of the movie, decides and realizes that she wants to be the woman she was before she met Charles.”
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The decision to cast Stewart was met with a divided response over the casting of an American to play the Brit.
The Twitterverse was clogged with questions and comments like, “Couldn’t you have found a British actress?” and “Plenty of British actresses who would have been better for this role, Princess Diana was classy, Kristen is not.”
In response Larraín defended his decision to cast Stewart telling Deadline, “Kristin is one of the greatest actors around today.”
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He added, “Kristen can be many things, and she can be very mysterious and very fragile an ultimately very strong as well, which is what we need.”
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He said, “The combination of those elements made me think of her. The way she responded to the script and how she is approaching the character, it’s very beautiful to see. I think she’s going to do something stunning and intriguing at the same time.”
The latst pictures may wipe away doubt that Kristen looks like Diana but her acting will tell the tale.
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