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Susan Griffiths. A year after Princess Diana's passing, this British movie was released in honor of her and followed the last year of her life, which included the romance between her and Dodi Fayed before they were both killed in the Paris car crash. The TLC docu-style movie which took some creative license focused on the final days of Diana's life and used some dramatic reenactment, with Genevieve O'Reilly as Diana, as well as real footage and interviews. A year later, the court found their deaths unlawful due to "gross negligence" of the driver who was also killed and the paparazzi who started the chase that ultimately took their lives, according the E!

The film followed Diana's played by Naomi Watts relationship with heart surgeon Hasnat Khan followed by her coupling with Dodi Fayed. According to E News! I was intrigued by the challenge," she said.

How do you take possession of that character? So that was daunting, to use a word of hers…". The New Zealand actress played Dianna in not one but two Lifetime movies. The British actress took on Princess Diana in the fourth season of the Netflix hit The Crown , which detailed Charles and Diana's romance from the beginning, when Diana Spencer was just 19 years old. The show even recreated her iconic wedding dress , a spitting image of Diana's gown.

The actress known for her roles in The Night Manager , Tenet, and Widows will finish out the final seasons of The Crown as the late princess. The news of her casting as Princess Di was announced in August The Paris-born actress made a statement saying, "Princess Diana's spirit, her words, and her actions live in the hearts of so many.

It is my true privilege and honor to be joining this masterful series, which has had me absolutely hooked from episode one. According to Variety , production for season 5 started in the U. Netflix released a photo of the actress laying on a couch with her head against a pillow, her styled in Princess Diana's signature cut. Stewart practically broke the internet with her first look as Princess Diana in And even before this image surfaced, the world had been buzzing about the newest installment of Princess Diana's story.

This movie aims to re-humanize the late Princess and will cover three days during her life. During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in November, Stewart said the movie is a "poetic internal imagining. I feel like I am always looking to take risks and move out of my comfort zone, so this was… that! Doctor Who seems to have been fertile ground for training actors and actresses to play royals! I was really surprised and I think I keep on being surprised, actually, the more I learn about her.

Her role chronicled her doomed relationship with the divorced Group Captain Peter Townsend, before eventually wedding the unconventional photographer, Antony Armstrong-Jones. Emily Blunt's top 10 red carpet looks will give you the elegant inspo you need!

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