Out actor Kristen Stewart will portray Princess Diana in Pablo LarraĆnās upcoming biopic, Spencer. The movieās plot occurs over a few days as the could-have-been Queen decided she wanted a divorce from Prince Charles.
Stewart, who officiallyĀ came out as āso gayā in a 2017 Saturday Night Live opening monologue,Ā told a magazine interviewer, āGoogle me. Iām not hiding.āĀ when asked about her sexuality.
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āUsually, the prince comes and finds the princess, invites her to become his wife, and eventually she becomes queen,ā LarraĆn told Deadline. āWhen someone decides not to be the queen, and says, Iād rather go and be myself, itās a big, big decision, a fairy tale upside down. Iāve always been very surprised by that and thought it must have been very hard to do. That is the heart of the movie.ā
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LarraĆnās 2017 film Jackie, a look former First Lady Jackie Kennedyās life in the days after her husbandās assassination, won critical acclaim. Actor Natalie Portman was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of the grief-stricken widow.
