Kristen Stewart just landed the role of Princess Diana in the upcoming film, Spencer.
According to Deadline, the film is a drama about the time Princess Diana realized that her marriage to Prince Charles wasn’t working. The story takes place over the course of three days, during one of her final Christmases.
Pablo Larraín is set to direct as well as produce the film – along with Juan de Dios, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski and Paul Webster. Steven Knight will be penning the script.
The director also talked about casting Kristen for the role. “Kristen is one of the great actors around today,” Pablo said. “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. 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.
“I’ve seen movies from Kristen that are so diverse it’s incredible, showing different layers and her diversity and strength as an actress,” he said. “We’re very happy to have her, she’s very committed. As a filmmaker, when you have someone who can hold such a weight, dramatic and narrative weight just with her eyes, then you have the strong lead who can deliver what we are looking for.”
However, the casting news was met with mixed feelings – and Twitter-verse Is buzzing.
“‘Academy Award winner Kristen Stewart…’ YESSS,” one user wrote in support.
“People will talk sh-t as usual about Kristen playing Diana…but she will nailed cause she’s simply one of the Best actresses of our generation!!!!” another fan wrote.
“I think Kristen Stewart is a good actress, but I also think an English actress should be cat to play a famous English woman,” one person expressed.
“Kristen Stewart had an affair with a married man during Snow White, and Princess Diana was a woman who was plagued by her husband’s affair. It feels pretty deaf to Princess Diana’s story,” one person wrote.
“Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana? I hope she is able to do justice to the role, because Diana was truly an international icon, in more than one way. Any misstep and this is gonna blow up on her,” another tweeted.
“The more I think about it, the more Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana makes perfect sense. She’s got that essential walled-off quality for the role,” someone shared.
