New psychological thriller Spencer<\/a> depicts a side to Princess Diana not many of us would be privy to.<\/p>\n Kristen Stewart\u2019s depiction of the \u2018People\u2019s Princess\u2019 shows Diana grappling with her mental health as she spends Christmas with the Royal Family at Sandringham.<\/p>\n No-one know what happened for certain during that four-day period, but Stewart\u2019s take on Diana sees the princess start to lose control as her health deteriorates and her marriage starts to disintegrate.<\/p>\n It is this gap between the Princess Diana we see and feel we know in popular culture and the reality of Princess Diana\u2019s tragic life that makes her life so rich for depiction, says Spencer director Pablo Larra\u00edn.<\/p> Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Larra\u00edn explained: \u201cStephen Knight, who wrote the screenplay, spoke to lots of people who knew Diana and the royals in those years.<\/p>\n \u201cThe truth is that a lot of people who knew her and related to her \u2013 like the housekeeper, the security person, they all related to her but none of them ever really knew her, and that\u2019s why I guess so many of us are fascinated. That mystery is what gives us the room for interpretation and fictional portrayals.\u201d<\/p>\n Larra\u00edn believes that the depiction of Diana we see in Spencer is the most \u201cintimate\u201d that we have ever seen on screen.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is just about her perspective,\u201d he said. \u201cWe see other people, but Spencer is about her point of view. It\u2019s about her internal world all the time. And the very compressed days maybe will help us understand a little but about who she was and how she was feeling at a time of crisis.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not an entirety of her personality, but a snapshot of what we see during this era. If we did a longer period of time, we would see a more complex character or person. It\u2019s partly why Diana became such a pop culture icon, as there was just so much to her as a person. I think there is room for different interpretations and angles of Diana\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n Larra\u00edn added that his experience on 2016\u2019s Jackie \u2013 starring Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy \u2013 aided him massively in bringing an iconic woman such as Diana to the big screen.<\/p>\n \u201cI grew up seeing my mum obsessed with Princess Diana. As I got older, I realised it\u2019s not just my mum,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I delved into Diana and who she was. I bought a number of books and did my research. It seemed the more I learned, the less I knew about her. That was something interesting, I think. The main motivation of the film was to try and approach that mystery in her humanity.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I was making the movie, I didn\u2019t really know what we were doing. But in making the movie, I started to understand that the film was about motherhood. I\u2019m not and won\u2019t be a mother, I\u2019m not a woman, but I am a father and I am someone\u2019s son.<\/p>\n \u201cIt made me consider Diana\u2019s motivation beyond being just a tragic figure of the 20th century. Diana was a lot of things to a lot of people \u2013 she was a pop icon, she was a fashion icon. But the movie I was trying to make was about motherhood and her humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n Spencer is out now in cinemas. Visit our Movies<\/a> hub for more news and features, or find something to watch with our TV Guide<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Morgan Jeffery Published: Friday, 05 November 2021 at 12:00 am By: Kimberley Bond New psychological thriller Spencer depicts a side to Princess Diana not many of us would be privy to. 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