Kristen Stewart Says She’s Haunted by Princess Diana After Playing Her

Kristen Stewart has had trouble letting Princess Diana go. 

Indeed, after portraying the tragic figure in the 2021 film Spencer—which earned her an Academy Award nomination—Kristen admitted the feeling she had during filming of being “haunted” by the late Princess has stuck with her.

“I can’t drive around this city,” Kristen said of London in an interview with The Telegraph published Feb. 5, “and Paris for that matter, without thinking about her. All the love that poured out of this woman… I can cry about her at any moment.”

And it was Diana’s experiences in the public eye—the scrutiny, the speculation and obsession in the media and from the public—that especially resonated with the Twilight alum.

“She was plucked, plucked to death [by paparazzi],” Kristen said. “And her rebellious qualities felt so desperate, and so young and so vulnerable.” 

Understanding firsthand how the scrutiny can act as a “kind of soul suck,” Kristen added that by the end of filming, “I did feel a bit like a shell, and I think she did too. That was the point.”