Keira Knightley To Play Princess Diana

By Suparna Chakaraborthy

Monday, October 18, 2010, 10:28

Keira Knightley reportedly will star as Diana, Princess Of Wales in the upcoming movie produced by film company Pathe.

The film company Pathe, has started work on the project and are keen on casting Keira as Princess Diana and Dame Helen Mirren as her mother. Keira has worked with the Pathe's before, in the movie, 'The Duchess'. Coincidentally, the movie, was about the Duchess of Devonshrine, Georgiana, the great aunt of Diana.

The movie on Princess Diana with Keira in the lead will deal with the early life of the Princes and her married life with Prince Charles. The movie is expected to hit the theaters next year, which will also mark the Diana 50th birthday and 30th year of her wedding with Prince Charles.