Los Angeles, March 19 (IANS) Actress Emily Blunt has been tipped to follow in the footsteps of Naomi Watts by playing late Princess Of Wales Diana in a new film.

Watts plays the late British royal in upcoming movie “Diana”, which focuses on the last two years of the Princess’ life before she died in a car crash in Paris, France in 1997.
Blunt, who was rumoured to have turned down the role earlier, is now said to be in talks to play the royal in another project, based on the memoirs of Diana’s former bodyguard Ken Wharfe, reports contactmusic.com.
The movie adaptation of “Diana: Closely Guarded Secret”, is being developed by producer Stephen Evans.