Even an American to play Lady Di ? The English gripe against the planned biopic with Kristen Stewart

This is probably not that it would have chosen the other side of the Channel, if we had had the choice. The american actress Kristen Stewart will play princess Diana in the biopic Spencer dedicated to the princess of Wales. A decision of not casting very "British" from the director of the chilean Pablo Larrain, regret our pragmatic neighbors.

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"a Lot of british actresses would have been better for this role, the princess Diana had class, unlike Kristen Stewart. They do not resemble each other not even," commented one internet user furious on Twitter. "Choose Kristen Stewart to play Princess Diana is the worst choice that can be done for a countless number of reasons," adds another. "Could we not take a actress british?", queries a user of the platform.

The pill is hard to swallow in Great Britain. It must be said that this is not the first time that we try to move a stranger to a member of the royal family. Sacrilege ! Among the five actresses to have embodied the mother of princes William and Henry on the screen, only two were british : Serena Scott (Diana, Princess of Wales) and Amy Seccombe (Diana, Princess of the people).

God Save Diana

The American Catherine Oxenberg was the first actress to play Diana in 1982 The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana to Peter Levin. Daughter of the princess of Yugoslavia, it was not chosen for its perfect mastery of the English accent, but for his royal birth.

After the death of the princess in a car crash in Paris in 1997, it was the turn of the Irish Genevieve O'reilly to lend his features a Lady Di "as delicate and shy as the real princess", read in The Figaro , in the telefilm of 2007 Diana: Last Days of a Princess. The contender following was not the same success. In 2013, the talented and ill-fated Naomi Watts sunk in the biopic Diana in Oliver Hirschbiegel, "a "love story" comical that demeans the film to the level of a vulgar soap opera," wrote our reviewer. The biggest flop to date in the career of australian actress...

God save Britain ! Our neighbors now have something to be pleased about. Recently it is their fellow countryman Emma Corrin, unknown to the general public, which has been chosen to slip into the robes of Lady Di in season 4 of The Crown. A concurrent weight-for-Kristen Stewart, judging by the first images of shooting. A princess forewarned is worth two.

Date Of Update: 18 June 2020, 10:47