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| Diana: watch the first trailer of the royal biopic | Diana: watch the first trailer of the royal biopic |
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| The first trailer for Downfall director Oliver Hirschbiegel's Princess Diana biopic has hit the web, hinting at an adulatory portrait of the figure it dubs "the most famous woman in the world". | The first trailer for Downfall director Oliver Hirschbiegel's Princess Diana biopic has hit the web, hinting at an adulatory portrait of the figure it dubs "the most famous woman in the world". |
| Diana is seen escaping from scurrilous paparazzi, smiling as third world children run through a sumptuous garden, and gingerly stepping through landmine-strewn African terrain, a Red Cross symbol pasted to her chest. "An icon, adored by millions", the trailer tells us, to soaring strains of uplifting piano. | Diana is seen escaping from scurrilous paparazzi, smiling as third world children run through a sumptuous garden, and gingerly stepping through landmine-strewn African terrain, a Red Cross symbol pasted to her chest. "An icon, adored by millions", the trailer tells us, to soaring strains of uplifting piano. |
| Starring Naomi Watts as the princess and titled simply Diana, the film is Hirschbiegel's followup to 2009's Northern Ireland troubles-themed Five Minutes of Heaven. The German director is best known for the acclaimed 2004 film Downfall, retelling of the last days of Adolf Hitler. | Starring Naomi Watts as the princess and titled simply Diana, the film is Hirschbiegel's followup to 2009's Northern Ireland troubles-themed Five Minutes of Heaven. The German director is best known for the acclaimed 2004 film Downfall, retelling of the last days of Adolf Hitler. |
| Diana apparently centres on its subject's romance with heart surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan, played by Lost's Naveen Andrews. The Princess is also seen at one board on board a luxury yacht, and there will be a place in the tale for Dodi Fayed, with whom she was travelling when she died in a Paris car crash in August 1997. The latter is due to be played by Canadian actor Cas Anvar. | Diana apparently centres on its subject's romance with heart surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan, played by Lost's Naveen Andrews. The Princess is also seen at one board on board a luxury yacht, and there will be a place in the tale for Dodi Fayed, with whom she was travelling when she died in a Paris car crash in August 1997. The latter is due to be played by Canadian actor Cas Anvar. |
| Hirschbiegel's film, which was previously titled Caught in Flight, is due to hit UK cinemas on 20 September. It does not yet have a US release date. | Hirschbiegel's film, which was previously titled Caught in Flight, is due to hit UK cinemas on 20 September. It does not yet have a US release date. |
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