Naomi Watts has won accolades in recent years for channeling some of history's notable figures — J. Edgar's Helen Gandy, Fair Game's Valerie Plame — but she's agreed to take on the royally difficult task of playing Princess Diana in Caught In Flight, a film that centers around the late princess' affair with Dr. Hasnat Kahn (Lost's Naveen Andrews).
And — just like when Julianne Moore's
Game Change photos as Sarah Palin were released — we can expect plenty of chatter to surround the first photos of Watts as England's beloved rose, which were released today. So how well does Watts pull off Princess Di's patented grace?
It's no simple task to embody a legend — and dated hairstyles always end up looking like wigs (see: Michelle Williams' Marilyn Monroe coif in My Week With Marilyn) — but if there's anyone who could take on a role of beastly proportions, it's King Kong's Watts. Even though she's more Tina Brown than Princess Diana in these first photos.
Let us catch some more photos of Watts as Princess Diana, Caught In Flight!
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