In the first image from
Spencer, which begun principal photography in Germany and the U.K., Stewart looks contemplative as a modestly-dressed Princess Diana, gazing out the window with a mournful expression (the kind that Stewart has made a whole career out of). But she has good reason:
Spencer takes place on the fateful Christmas holiday that she spends with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, when she decides to end her marriage to Prince Charles.
“
Spencer is a dive inside an emotional imagining of who Diana was at a pivotal turning point in her life,” Stewart said in a statement accompanying the debut of this image. “It is a physical assertion of the sum of her parts, which starts with her given name; Spencer. It is a harrowing effort for her to return to herself, as Diana strives to hold onto what the name Spencer means to her.”
Kristen Stewart captivates as Princess Diana in first look
By Mansoor| Published: 27th January 2021 9:42 pm IST Photo: Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana (Source: Twitter)
Washington: American actor Kristen Stewart has started shooting one of her most talked-about roles to date, that of Diana, Princess of Wales.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, in her first look image from Pablo Larrain’s ‘Spencer’, which was picked up by Neon for US distribution, the 30-year-old star is seen as the late former princess in a shot that is bound to stir royal- and fashion-watchers alike.
First announced during the 2020 virtual Cannes Market, the film – scripted by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Locked Down) is set over a critical weekend in the early 90s when Diana decided that she needed to end her marriage to Prince Charles.
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Spencer covers a critical weekend in the early ’90s when Diana decided her marriage to Prince Charles wasn’t working and that she needed to veer from a path that put her in line to one day be queen. The film takes place over three days, in one of her final Christmas holidays in the House of Windsor in their Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England.
The official synopsis reads:
December, 1991: The Prince and Princess of Wales’ marriage has long since grown cold. 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.