Emma Corrin as Princess Diana
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The Crown casts its princess. Emma Corrin takes the role of Lady Diana , the future princess of Whales in Netflix series, “The Crown”. The most anticipated season four is now on Netflix. The Crown creator Peter Morgan told Hollywood Reporter, “ Emma is a brilliant talent who immediately captivated us when she came in for the part of Diana Spencer. As well as having the innocence and beauty of a young Diana, she also has, in abundance, the range and complexity to portray an extraordinary woman who went from anonymous teenager to becoming the most iconic woman of her generation.”
Emma Corrin is fresh out of college and recently starred in Pennyworth, Batman TV series that focuses on butler Alfred. Emma was born in 1995 in Royal Tunbridge Wells in England and attended all-girls boarding school growing up, ironically similar to Princess Diana. Emma’s mom has been mistaken for Princess Diana before. See for yourself.
Emma was rejected from Drama school and left to study English at Cambridge University. To practice Diana’s accent for the role, Emma chose word “alright” and she’d say it over and over again, to say it just like Diana did. Emma went through a six month training with the movement coach working on random things like standing in a doorway like Diana. She also read letters that Charles to Diana wrote to each other and it helped her understand how similar they were being outsiders in their own family.
Kirsten Stewart as Princess Diana in new drama, Spencer
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Pablo Larrain, Chilean filmmaker is set to direct Spencer, drama that takes place at Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, three days before Diana was put in line to be a queen. The royal treatment goes to actress Kirsten Stewart who was cast to play Princess Diana. When it comes to casting I think it’s safe to say that physical characteristics were matched perfectly, but can Kirsten deliver gentle, vulnerable, character of Lady Diana we will just have to wait and see.
"We all grew up, at least I did in my generation, reading and understanding what a fairy tale is," Larraín — also a producer on the film alongside his Fabula company partner Juan de Dios, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski and Paul Webster — told Deadline. "Usually, the prince comes and finds the princess, invites her to become his wife and eventually she becomes queen. That is the fairy tale. When someone decides not to be the queen, and says, I’d rather go and be myself, it’s a big big decision, a fairy tale upside down. I’ve always been very surprised by that and thought it must have been very hard to do. That is the heart of the movie.... We want to make a movie that goes wide, connects with a worldwide audience that is interested in such a fascinating life."
