Princess Diana was known as “the Queen of hearts”, and a new trailer for the film where Aussie Naomi Watts portrays the princess, explores the bittersweet love story she shared with the man who last captured hers.
The actress nails the Princess’s calm voice and mannerisms as well as her style in the two-minute clip that focuses on Diana’s relationship with heart surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan.
The almost-unknown love story between the Princess and the surgeon was a tumultuous one, as the pair struggled to cope with the paparazzi that followed Diana’s every move.
Click through for the trailer and images of Naomi as Diana from the film.
Diana was reportedly “madly in love” with Hasnat Khan.
Her friend Jemima Khan has revealed they had plans to marry.
She had considered moving to Pakistan to start a new life with the surgeon.
Paparazzi played a role in the end of their relationship.
Naomi Watts as Diana with young Princes William and Harry.
She has described the role as her “toughest ever”.
Naomi turned down the role a number of times before accepting.
“I was nervous going into it,” she told the *Express*.
“I was nervous going into it,” she told the Express.
“The idea of doing this transformation and telling the story who is wildly famous,
“Albeit doing it in a sensitive way.”
“She is a fascinating woman with a fascinating story that ended in such tragedy.”
“She also had problems,” Naomi Watts said of Diana.
‘Diana’ opens in Australia October 10.
