The movie, titled Spencer, will reveal how Diana realized over the course of a weekend that her marriage was over, Deadline reports. The director is Pablo Larrain, while ...
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Kristen Stewart will play Princess Diana in a movie that will begin production in 2021.
(CNN) - Kristen Stewart will play Princess Diana in a film that will focus on the separation of the late Princess from Prince Charles.
The movie, titled Spencer , will reveal how Diana realized over the course of a weekend that her marriage was over, Deadline reports .
"We decided to get into a story about identity, and about how a woman somehow decides not to be the queen," director Pablo Larrain told the publication, adding that she chose Stewart because she is "one of the great actresses of nowadays".
1 of 46 | Princess Diana remains a beloved figure 20 years after her untimely and untimely death. Browse the gallery below to see what life was like for this British icon and the legacy he left behind.
2 of 46 | Diana, in this one-year-old photo, was born on July 1, 1961 by the name of Diana Frances Spencer. She was born into a noble family, in Sandringham (England). Her father, John, was viscount of Althorp.
3 of 46 | This is Diana, around 1965. She studied in private schools in England and in Switzerland.
4 of 46 | Diana poses with her brother Charles in 1968. She had two other sisters: Sarah and Jane.
5 of 46 | Diana, on the far right, is photographed with her father John and her three brothers, around 1970. On the left: Sarah. Next to Diana: Jane. Diana's parents separated when she was 7 years old and her father was left with custody of the children.
6 of 46 | Here, as a teenager, receiving the kiss of her pony Scuffle, in 1974. A year later she became Lady Diana, when her father was named Count Spencer.
7 of 46 | After finishing school, Diana had different jobs: from cooking, babysitting and being a kindergarten teacher. This photo is from 1980, taking care of two children.
8 of 46 | Diana and her friend Camila Parker-Bowles visit Ludlow Racecourse in October 1980. One of the competing riders was Prince Charles, son of Queen Elizabeth II and heir to the British throne. Diana and Carlos got engaged only a few months later.
9 of 46 | Diana, caught in her car outside her London apartment in November 1980.
10 of 46 | Diana was chased by photographers shortly after her engagement to Prince Charles was announced.
11 of 46 | Diana and Carlos pose at Buckingham Palace after the announcement of their engagement, on February 24, 1981.
12 of 46 | Diana and Carlos arrive at a charity concert in London in March 1981.
13 of 46 | The couple and Queen Elizabeth II, in March 1981.
14 of 46 | The royal wedding was on July 29, 1981, at St Paul's Cathedral in London. It is estimated that more than 700 million people watched the ceremony on television.
15 of 46 | Charles and Diana kiss at Buckingham Palace after marriage.
16 of 46 | Here on their honeymoon, when they left Gibraltar on the royal yacht Britannia.
17 of 46 | Part of the honeymoon was spent in Scotland.
18 of 46 | Carlos and Diana at the Grand National Horse Race in April 1982.
19 of 46 | In June 1982 Diana gave birth to her first child: William (Guillermo).
20 of 46 | Diana greets a child on a visit to Wrexham, Wales, in November 1982.
21 of 46 | Carlos, Guillermo and Diana pose together at Kensington Palace in February 1982.
22 of 46 | Diana had her second child (Harry or Enrique, in Spanish) in September 1984.
23 of 46 | Carlos kisses his wife after a polo match in Cirencester (England), in June 1985.
24 of 46 | Princes William and Henry play piano in front of their mother at Kensington Palace in October 1985.
25 of 46 | Diana helps her son Guillermo solve a puzzle, in October 1985.
26 of 46 | Diana attends a polo game in which her husband played, in Palm Beach (Florida), in November 1985.
27 of 46 | Diana dances with actor John Travolta at the White House in November 1985. Behind Travolta is United States President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy Reagan. A few weeks later, the velvet dress Diana wore at that dance was auctioned for £ 240,000, about $ 362 back then.
28 of 46 | Diana holds Prince Henry in the royal residence in Gloucestershire (England), in July 1986. At her side, Prince William.
29 of 46 | Prince William and Princess Diana in a miniature pony in the same royal residence.
30 of 46 | Prince Henry shows part of his personality here, in a photo taken on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in June 1988.
31 of 46 | Diana and her two children outside Wetherby College, London, in April 1990.
32 of 46 | Diana and her two children ski in Lech (Austria), in April 1991.
33 of 46 | Diana and Carlos, on a royal visit to Toronto (Canada), in October 1991.
34 of 46 | Princess Diana traveled to Egypt in May 1992.
35 of 46 | The royal couple at a memorial ceremony in South Korea in November 1992. A month later their formal separation was announced.
36 of 46 | Diana and her two children visit a theme park in Surrey, England, in April 1993.
37 of 46 | In this photo Diana appears arriving at the Serpentine Gallery, London, in June 1994.
38 of 46 | A police officer took a photographer away from Diana in July 1986. Her divorce from Carlos had just been announced.
39 of 46 | Diana traveled to Angola in January 1997, to help in an International Red Cross anti-landmine campaign.
40 of 46 | On that same trip to Angola, Diana visited several minefields.
41 of 46 | Diana met with South African President Nelson Mandela in March 1997, in Cape Town, South Africa.
42 of 46 | He was also with Mother Teresa of Calcutta in New York in June 1997.
43 of 46 | This image, captured from a video from a security camera, shows Diana arriving at the Ritz Hotel in Paris on August 30, 1997. It is one of the last photos of Diana alive.
44 of 46 | That same day this image of Diana was captured in the elevator of the Ritz Hotel in Paris with her boyfriend Dodi Fayed. After leaving the hotel, the couple died in a traffic accident in the Puente del Alma tunnel.
45 of 46 | Fayed and driver Henri Paul died immediately. Diana passed away in a Paris hospital hours later. A French investigation concluded that Paul was legally drunk and that he was responsible for the accident. In 2008, a British jury of forensic experts determined that Diana and Fayed were killed for Paul's actions and for the persecution of paparazzi, who were behind the couple's car.
46 of 46 | Diana's coffin is carried to Westminster Cathedral, London, in September 1997. Back to back and left to right, watching the funeral procession pass: Prince Charles, Prince Henry, Charles Spencer, Prince William and the Prince Philip."She is a woman who, on the journey of the film, decides and realizes that she wants to be the woman she was before meeting Carlos," he added. "To do this right, you need something very important in the movie, which is the mystery," he explained.
"Kristen can be a lot of things, and she can be very mysterious and very fragile and ultimately also very strong, which is what we need." said. “The combination of those elements made me think of her. The way he responded to the script and how he's approaching the character is very beautiful to see. I think she is going to do something surprising and intriguing at the same time. She is this force of nature, "he added.
Diana and Carlos were married in 1981 and separated in 1992. They divorced in 1996. In 1997, Diana died in a car accident in Paris.
The script was written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, and the story takes place over three days inside the Sandringham estate of the royal family in England.
Production is expected to begin in early 2021.
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