The first full-length trailer of Spencer has dropped and fans are already predicting Kristen Stewart will win an Oscar for her performance.
Directed by Pablo Larraín, the film is set during Christmas 1991 when Princess Diana’s marriage with Prince Charles was coming to an end.
Since the trailer was unveiled on Thursday, fans have been praising Stewart for her impeccable portrayal of the People’s Princess.
It’s known that the former Princess of Wales struggled with the pressures of being under the media spotlight while grappling with her failing marriage, and this is put across clearly in one of the tense scenes shown in the trailer.
Speaking to each other from across a pool table, Prince Charles (Jack Farthing) tells her: “You have to be able to do things you hate. There has to be two of you; the real one, and the one they take pictures of.” As his words are said, the trailer shows clips of Diana crying juxtaposed with clips of her smiling at press photographers.
Commenting on her role, Stewart told the LA Times: “[Princess Diana] felt so alive to me when I was making this movie, even if it’s all between the ears and it was just a fantasy of mine.”
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Stewart said she would sometimes forget Princess Diana was dead and become emotional when she remembered what happened to her and who she left behind.
She added: “Maybe two or three times a week, I would just fully break down about the fact that she had died. I just could not come to terms with it, because I was fighting to keep her alive every single day.”
Ahead of the film’s release in November, fans are already hoping to see the Twilight actress scoop an Oscar for her role in the fictional biopic:
Kristen Stewart deserves the Oscar for the intensity with which she plays Spencer 👑 #Spencer. #SpencerMovie pic.twitter.com/FPmMo5weAt
— More (@More10599742) September 23, 2021
I’m fine. I’m totally fine.
— JAI SHRI PAWAN (@cool_flute) September 24, 2021
I’m so ready for Kristen Stewart Oscar season. pic.twitter.com/dbr0KG2DK3
The trailer of #Spencer, the wonderful new movie of Kristen Stewart, the amazing future Oscar-winning actress, will be released today. I CAN'T WAIT LET'S GOOOOOOO!!
— K-Stew✌🏼 (@kstew_kiki) September 23, 2021
#SpencerMovie
Pablo Larraín's #Spencer, "a fable from a true tragedy," is an affecting glimpse into the isolation and mania Diana felt after a decade trying to exist in such a cold & sinister family. Cannot say enough good things about Kristen Stewart, she's coming for that Oscar. #TIFF21 pic.twitter.com/WZmF15GUcx
— kelsey barnes (@kelseyjbarnes) September 15, 2021
Barry Jenkins praising Kristen Stewart’s performance in SPENCER yeah her Oscar coming fr pic.twitter.com/xV0U5zp1cA
— HOOD VOGUE is tired of poverty (@keyon) September 12, 2021
Kristen Stewart coming for that Oscar AND Golden Globe cause sis BECAME Diana in that trailer #SpencerMovie pic.twitter.com/Q1duBpZdkf
— slut for nick j (@jerdeje) September 24, 2021
Kristen Stewart has to win the Oscars, she’s just so damn good in #Spencer. pic.twitter.com/5O7CVQNcAs
— Ben Rolph 👉🏻 @LFF 2021 (@TheDCTVshow) September 4, 2021
FUTURE OSCAR WINNER KRISTEN STEWART. I DON’T MAKE THE RULES.
— sic (@Iadybrds) September 23, 2021
IT IS HAPPENING. https://t.co/Wg9EM0vRRI
all the people who said, “you’re jumping the gun” on kristen stewart being an oscar contender are biting their tongues now and we love to see it 🤧 a nomination is guaranteed and honestly, the win is more realistic than you think
— mell still recovering from spencer (@spncerstewart) September 23, 2021
OKAY BUT SPENCER IS GONNA BE SO GOOD
— Nereida Rodríguez (@nerywithasmile) September 24, 2021
KRISTEN STEWART IS WINNING AN OSCAR
MANIFESTING IT NOW
Lol no one is touching Kristen Stewart’s Oscar. I don’t care who is owed. It belongs to her. #TIFF21 #SpencerMovie
— manda atreides ⚔️ (@amxndareviews) September 16, 2021
The Oscars buzz has also been shared by critics, with Variety’s film awards editor Clayton Davis predicting that Stewart is first in line to win the Best Actress award at next year’s Academy Awards.
We won’t have long to wait until we can watch the full performance for ourselves. We can expect to see the film hit theatres in the UK on 5th November after first premiering at the BFI London Film Festival on 7th October. The film previously had its world premiere at Venice Film Festival earlier this month.
Given the buzz around this film, we’re sure cinemas across the nation will be packed come November 5.
Fans of the late Princess won’t have to wait long for another portrayal of the royal, with the new season of The Crown due to be released in 2022.
