An inordinate number of Hollywood stars have attempted to portray Diana, Princess of Wales for film and television – but only a few performances have been truly noteworthy.
In all the breathless anticipation that surrounded Debicki picking up the baton as Diana in season five of, one could almost forget that another Australian took on the role nine years earlier. Naomi Watts played the People’s Princess in Oliver Hirschbiegel’s, which charted the two years leading up to her untimely death in 1997.
The project was plagued with problems from the outset, and ultimately excoriated by critics. Watts, who pored over archival footage and wore clothes belonging to Diana in her efforts to inhabit the role, later said she was “seduced” by the opportunity to play such a fantastic character, but added: “With risk, there is every chance it’s going to fail. If you have to go down with that sinking ship, so be it.” One for true royal obsessives only.
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