Courtesy of Kinopoisk (via ThePlaylist), we have our first look at Naomi Watts as Princess Diana in Caught in Flight, from Downfall director Oliver Hirschbiegel. “Hirschbiegel” sounds like a German version of limp biscuit, doesn’t it?
Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (“Downfall,” [the movie that started the Hitler meme] “Five Minutes Of Heaven”) and written by Steven Jeffreys (“The Libertine”), the film will focus on Diana’s affair with Dr. Hasnat Kahn (played by “Lost” star Naveen Andrews) that lasted from 1995 until a few months before her death in 1997. He was regarded by many to be the love of her life, and she was said to be devastated when the relationship was over, with some speculating that she dated Dodi Fayed in order to make him jealous. And, the script will play into that, reportedly portraying the Princess “as a damaged person who stalks the doctor after he ends the affair.” [ThePlaylist]
Well, I for one am excited about this. I mean it’s been what, five? Six minutes since someone made a movie about British royalty? “Please, tell me more about the symbolic monarchy!” I’m always saying. “I can’t get enough wigs and ceremony!”
Serious question though: do people really need the whole movie now? The picture is all we were after, right? I’m not sure if people actually like biopics, or they just like the idea of famous people dressing up like other famous people. If Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt dressed up like each other and took a bunch of pictures of it, it would make a billion dollars.
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Did you just unintentionally pitch a gritty reboot of “Face/Off”?
She better, at some point, scream “KAHN!” Otherwise, if she doesn’t overcome a stutter or do battle every day of her life, fuck this.
/bonus if dude calls his dick The Long Kahn
I like how they got Sayid to play the love (stalker?) interest, because everyone who falls in love with Sayid dies.
This will give Elton John the first erection he’s had in nearly 5 years.
Are you forgetting C-Tate’s ministrations a few months ago?
I can’t believe people think she’s dead. She was still on the radio after she died.
And the rest of the dash.
* tap-dances, makes screeching tyre noises as security get him to the door*
Pretty sure Hirschbiegel is a joke name, like Oliver Clothesoff or Dick Armey.
A joke name? Like Biggus Dickus?
Oliver Hirschbiegel sounds like the dog who played Alex Reiger in the all-canine version of the TV series “Taxi.”
Dr. Whozat? I thought she was moidered for helping Dodi Fayed install House Harkonnen as the rulers of Arrakis. Makes as much sense as anything else they have going on over there.
Can we all stop pretending now that Princess Diana was some great beauty instead of a plain, big-nosed lump of meh?
If I stood next to Prince Charles for five years, people would think I was Brad Pitt.
Is this some kind of alternate history movie where Di lived into her forties? Can’t find anybody under forty to portray Princess Di? I hate Hollywood casting.
i always wait for a good chase scene in a movie. it’s like the light at the end of the tunnel.
I will watch this on the condition that she has sexy time with Laura Harring again.
I’ve heard Gary Busey is being lined up to play Camilla