On Wednesday, it was announced that Kristen Stewart has been cast to play Princess Diana in the upcoming movie Spencer, which is to be directed by Pablo Larraín. Now, royal insiders are reacting to this news, and many of them are not happy about it.
Production of the movie is set to begin early in 2021, and it will tell the story of the momentous weekend in the early 1990s around the Christmas holiday when Diana realized her marriage to Prince Charles was over while staying at the royal Sandringham estate in Norfolk. There, Diana made the decision to step back from life as a royal family member.
Royal insiders told Fox News that news of Stewart, 30, being cast as Diana has garnered mixed reactions.
“Ms. Stewart has a built-in fan base from her ‘Twilight’ movies, so the producers may be counting on her name recognition to draw viewers. It might be interesting to learn whether she was auditioned for the role against other actresses and was deemed the best fit, or whether she was offered it,” explained Leslie Carroll, author of “Diana and Charles: Royal Affairs and Notorious Royal Marriages.” “If she can embody Diana’s body language and convey her famous breathy, posh Sloane Ranger voice, it won’t matter where she was born.”
Tom Quinn, author of “Kensington Palace: An Intimate Memoir from Queen Mary to Meghan Markle,” said that though Stewart is a “great actor” who can “manage Diana’s mannerisms,” British fans will be especially critical of a “wrong accent.”
Neil Sean, a British media correspondent who wrote “The A to Z of Harry and Meghan,” was even more harsh about Stewart’s casting, saying that “the news here in the U.K. is simply this… Why? There are many British actresses who would have been better for this role.”
“The other real problem with this is the fact that it’s an old story covered countless times so without some great groundbreaking new angle again, what could we possibly learn?” he added, going on to say that Prince William and Prince Harry will “loathe any kind of exploitation of their late mother’s name.”
Sean also said that “the casting of one of the world’s most famous women in Stewart just shows how out of tune the makers are with what the public’s image and above all love for such a great lady is.”
However, the movie’s director Larraín defended the casting choice, telling Deadline that “Kristen is one of the great actors around today.”
“To do this well, you need something very important in film, which is mystery. 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,” he added. “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. She is this force of nature.”
Larraín concluded that the movie will be about Diana “finding herself, about understanding that possibly the most important thing for her is to be well and to be with herself and by herself.”
It looks like Stewart will have her work cut out for her with this one!
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