Kristen Stewart Lands First Oscar Nomination With ‘Spencer’
08.02.2022 - 17:41
/ deadline.com
Kristen Stewart, who reached global fame with the $3.35 billion grossing franchise Twilight, has landed her first Best Actress Oscar nomination for her portrayal as Princess Diana in Pablo Larrain’s Spencer.
Oscar buzz for Stewart’s sublime turn as the late British royal was immediate after Spencer‘s world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. To date, Stewart has racked up noms from the Critics Choice Awards for the role in the Best Actress category, and the Golden Globes in the Best Actress Drama nom slot. However, Stewart was snubbed by the BAFTAs and the SAGs.
Spencer follows Diana during a Royal Christmas at Sandringham as she struggles with the “house rules” during the breakdown of her marriage to Prince Charles. Written by Steven Knight (Locke), the story follows her as she rails against everything from the imposed dress code to strict dinner times, while facing an eating disorder and seeing visions of past queens.
In press tours, Stewart has reflected deeply on how both her and the Princess of Wales have dealt with a life in the public eye.
Stewart told Howard Stern in an interview, “There’s this fixation on what we would have been able to get from this woman if we had her for longer.”
“There are some people that are just born with this sparkly, protruding, beautiful, just like incredibly infectious energy—and she was one of those people,” she added back in November.
Larraín at Deadline’s London Contenders spoke about making the royal family “background” in the story: “It’s the moment that she decides to walk away from that marriage. And that decision, it’s difficult. She finds her identity, I believe, and she decides to move on. She was in a marriage that was too crowded… She understands that she can have a life with