Naomi Watts talks her role as Princess Diana in upcoming bioAugust 31, 2013 - 17:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Naomi Watts has spoken about her concerns over portraying Princess Diana in an upcoming film, Digital Spy said. Watts stars as the late princess in Diana, a movie that centres on the final two years of her life. It also explores her affair with heart surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan, played by Lost's Naveen Andrews. Speaking to InStyle UK, Watts joked that she may have to escape the UK once the film is released. "I might go into hiding," she said. "I might have to leave the country." Watts explained that she nearly refused the role on several occasions, saying: "More than twice I thought about not doing this. "I said no before I said yes just because taking on that challenge is a massive one. There were weeks of deciding, and then I thought, 'God, I don't like the idea of anyone else playing that role'." She added that a backlash from viewers is expected, saying: "Of course, people are going to jump to say, 'She's not tall enough; she doesn't have the nose, the look, the voice...', all of those things. But once I got past that, I liked the idea of the challenge." Diana's supporting cast also features Douglas Hodge as Paul Burrell, Cas Anvar as Dodi Fayed and Geraldine James as Oonagh Toffolo. The film is due to open in UK cinemas on September 20. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |