Published 17:00 IST, June 26th 2020

Benedict Cumberbatch or Tom Hiddleston might play Prince Charles in Princess Diana movie

Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston are reportedly favoured over others to play the role of Prince Charles in the Princess Diana movie. Read on.

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Hollywood actor Benedict Cumberbatch is pitted against his fellow Avengers co-star Tom Hiddleston for role of Prince Charles. It has been reported that makers of Princess Diana movie are contemplating wher to cast Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch or Loki actor Tom Hiddleston for role. Earlier this week, it was reported that Twilight actor Kristen Stewart has been roped in to play role of Princess Diana in movie, Spencer.

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Benedict Cumberbatch vs Tom Hiddleston

decision was met with an equal amount of enthusiasm and criticism from public. However, people soon started speculating who should be roped in to play role of British Royal. According to reports, many British actors were considered for role. However, Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston have struck a chord with makers.

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According to a news portal, Benedict Cumberbatch is most preferred to play role of Prince Charles in Princess Diana movie. It has also been reported that Spider-Man actor Tom Holland was also considered for role. Reports claim that Tom Holland had a chance of about 7 to 1 of playing role of Prince Charles.

However, Prince Charles gets divorced when he was 47 years old. Hence, Tom Holland, 24, seemed a little unlikely to play character. Or actors like Tom Hardy, Zac Efron as well as Kristen Stewart’s ex-boyfriend, Robert Pattinson were also reportedly considered for role.

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Princess Diana movie, Spencer will be helmed by Pablo Larraín. It has been reported that movie revolves around weekend when Princess Diana decided to walk out of marri. In early 1990s, Princess Diana decided that marri was t working out and hence concluded that she wanted a divorce.

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Director Pablo Larraín believes that Princess Diana’s decision to leave marri was an upside-down fairy tale. decision that Princess Diana made of leaving Prince Charles and walking out of marri, which was compared to a fairy tale will be heart of movie. director also believes that Kristen Stewart is best fitted to play role as she can be both ''mysterious as well as fragile and ultimately very strong''.

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16:59 IST, June 26th 2020