New photo shows Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana
ahead of biopic Spencer
Shooting has moved to the UK on the forthcoming film
Spencer, as Poldark’s Jack Farthing cast as Prince Charles
Catherine
Shoard
@catherineshoard
Fri 26 Mar
2021 12.36 GMT
A new image
of Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana has been released, as shooting on
forthcoming biopic Spencer moves to the UK.
Stewart,
30, will play the late princess in the film, directed by Chilean film-maker
Pablo Larraín, whose biopic of Jackie Kennedy starring Natalie Portman won
multiple Oscar nominations in 2017.
In the
photograph, Stewart smiles directly at the camera, wearing a prosthetic nose
and layered blond bob, as well as tartan blazer and diamond engagement ring
that appear to be copies of those sported by the real woman.
The film’s
autumn release follows rave reviews for the most recent season of Netflix’s The
Crown, in which Emma Corrin played the princess, winning a Golden Globe for her
performance, as did Josh O’Connor as Prince Charles.
The actor
playing Prince Charles in the new film will be Jack Farthing, best known as
baddie George Warleggan in BBC’s Poldark. Farthing, 35, also played John Lennon
in ITV’s Cilla Black series and featured in The Riot Club, the big-screen
version of the play Posh.
The film is
scripted by Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight, and scored by Radiohead’s Jonny
Greenwood.
Supporting
cast include Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins and Sean Harris. The actors playing
the young princes William and Harry have not been announced; last year, British
passport holders were ruled out of contention for the roles over post-Brexit
visa concerns.
Spencer is
set over the course of a decisive weekend in December 1991, during which
Princess Diana spends the Christmas holidays with the royal family at
Sandringham, and decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.
“The Prince
and Princess of Wales’ marriage has long since grown cold,” reads a press
release. “Though rumours of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for
the Christmas festivities at Sandringham Estate. There’s eating and drinking,
shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game. This year, things will be a whole
lot different.”
It’s the
first big feature film to be made about the princess since 2013’s
much-ridiculed Diana, which starred Naomi Watts and was labelled “car crash
cinema” by the Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw.
Stewart
described Spencer in a statement as “a dive inside an emotional imagining of
who Diana was at a pivotal turning point in her life”.
Filming was
taking place in Germany, but has moved to the UK. The film is scheduled for
release this autumn.
Spencer is an upcoming drama film directed by Pablo
Larraín and written by Steven Knight.
On 17 June
2020, it was announced that Pablo Larraín would direct Spencer, a film starring
Kristen Stewart as Diana, Princess of Wales. On 26 June 2020, it was reported
that Neon had acquired the rights to distribute the film in the United States
in a deal worth more than $4 million. STX Entertainment and DCM Film
Distribution will distribute in the United Kingdom and Germany.
Filming
began at the Schlosshotel Kronberg, Germany in January 2021 with Timothy Spall,
Sally Hawkins, and Sean Harris joining the cast. Other filming locations were
the Schloss Marquardt in Marquardt, northern of the city Potsdam and Nordkirchen
Castle.
On 25
March, production moved to the UK for the final stretch of filming and Jack
Farthing joined the cast as Charles, Prince of Wales.
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