SPENCER

SPENCER

Budget: $14m

Starts: Q1 2021

Producer: Paul Webster, Jonas Dornbach, Juan de Dios Larrain

Director: Pablo Larrain

Writer: Steven Knight

Casting Director: Amy Hubbard

Location: Germany

Log Line: 1992: Charles and Diana are as good as separated. For Christmas, they all convene at Sandringham House at the Queen's invitation.
It's the last Christmas that they will spend together as a couple. There's eating and drinking, games and hunting... After eleven courses and seven changes of outfit, Diana grabs the kids, gets into her car and drives away.

Roles:

[Princess Diana]
Female 30s Lead
Fragility and strength in equal measure. Defiant yet resigned.
Set Kristen Stewart

[Maggie]
Female late 30s Strong Supporting
Diana's personal dresser and her closest confidante.
Offer Out To Sally Hawkins

[Mr. Gregory]
Male 30s - 50s Strong Supporting
Sottish. A fierce and almost sinister ex-military man who is the new Chief-of-Staff at Sandringham. He is loyal to the Crown and his compassion is overruled by his sense of duty.
Set Tim Spall
Passed - Harris, Johnny

[Prince Charles]
Male 40s Supporting
Diana's husband and the next in line to take the throne. He is dispassionate and distant. His coldness towards Diana is unsettling but Diana gains the upperhand when she reveals her knowledge of Charles' affair.

[Darren MacGrady]
Male 30s - 50s Supporting
The Head Chef at Sandringham. He speaks to Diana in a familiar tone.

[Dresser]
Female 30s - 50s Supporting
A middle aged woman who is assigned as Diana's dresser in Maggie's place. She is scared of failing in her duties. Is exasperated by Diana's pushback.

[William]
Male 10 Small Supporting
Diana and Charles' eldest son and future King of England. He is sensitive and intuitive. He is caught between his love and compassion for his mother and his destiny.

[Young Diana]
Female 12 Small Supporting
Perpetually last back and always late for everything.


UPDATE: Casting now confirmed via Deadline;
https://twitter.com/FilmUpdatesBU/status/1354430472525389831?s=19