FIRST LOOK: Kristen Stewart Bears A Resemblance To Princess Diana
Kristen Stewart has showcased her striking resemblance to [/news/diana/index.html Princess Diana] in the first image from her starring role in the upcoming film Spencer.
It was revealed in June last year that the Twilight actress, 30, would depict the late royal in a film which dramatises a 'critical' weekend in the early 1990s, when Diana decided that her marriage to [/news/prince_charles/index.html Prince Charles] wasn't working.
While the announcement was met with a mixed response, including fury over failure to cast a British actress, the image is no doubt set to blow away critics thanks to the incredible resemblance from the Los Angeles-born star.
Kristen looked incredible in the moody snap, as she gazed out a window and wore a replica of Diana's red coat and black veiled black hat.
Incredible: Kristen Stewart has showcased her striking resemblance to Princess Diana in the first image from her starring role in the upcoming film Spencer
The script written by English screenwriter Steven Knight, Streaming VF who has also written Peaky Blinders, follows the moments in which the Princess of Wales realised she 'needed to veer from a path that put her in line to one day be queen.
The story is said to take place over three days during one of Diana's final Christmases at the House of Windsor in their Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England.
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Pablo explained that the film will not delve into Diana's tragic death, but instead focus on her marriage to Charles and the love she had for children Prince William and Prince Harry.
'We decided to get into a story about identity, and around how a woman decides somehow, not to be the queen...
Way back when: It was revealed in June last year that the Twilight actress, 30, would depict the late royal in a film which dramatises a 'critical' weekend in the early 1990s, when Diana decided that her marriage to Prince Charles wasn't working
A vision: Diana is pictured at Sandringham on Christmas Day in 1993, in the weekend the movie centres around, while Kristen is seen in a near-identical ensemble in the promo shot
'She's a woman who, in the journey of the movie, decides and realizes that she wants to be the woman she was before she met Charles,' the director said.
When the news was first announced, Twitter was swarmed with questions and comments, with users writing: 'What could possibly go wrong?...
'Couldn't you have found a British actress?Plenty of British actresses who would have been better for this role, Princess Diana was classy, Kristen is not.'
Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín defended his decision to cast the American actress in the role, telling Deadline: 'Kristin is one of the greatest actors around today.'
Who's that girl?
Her usual grunge look (pictured in November) was nowhere to be seen in the stunning shot
Depiction: The troubled marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana will be the subject of the new film (Pictured above in Sicily British royal tour of Italy in 1985)
Pablo directed Natalie Portman in the 2016 Jackie Kennedy biopic Jackie, which earned the star a Best Actress Oscar nomination.
He added: '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.'
'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.'
Princess: Kristen, 30, has signed on to the movie Spencer, that will dramatize a 'critical' weekend in the early 1990s
In October, Kristen admitted she's nervous about taking on the role in new movie Spencer, especially the task of mastering the late princess' accent.
Kristen, 30, will star in Spencer, which will dramatise a 'critical' weekend in the early 1990s, when Diana decided that her marriage to [/news/prince_charles/index.html Prince Charles] wasn't working.
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