For years there have been rumors that Kevin Costner was set to direct a sequel to the 1992 romantic drama Bodyguard in which he starred alongside Whitney Houston, but this time with Princess Diana.
In 2001, then in 2012, he already confirmed that Lady Dee was indeed interested in playing in the sequel and that they had met several times about it. In 2019, the actor gave more details to People magazine, saying that he discussed whether or not to have intimate scenes with the princess – who would make his film debut there:I just remember he was incredibly sweet on the phone and he asked the question, he said, “Are we going to do a kiss scene?” He said it very respectfully“- he said later Kevin Costner. “He was worried because his life was under a lot of surveillance.“
This week, the Horizon actress returned to the film’s kissing theme, elaborating: “I said, “Do you want it to be? He said, “Yes,” and I said, “Then we will.” I wasn’t going to make a whole novel about it. But there would come a time when we would do it, and he was very nice about it.“
The actor also clarified as of today during a recent interview on the set The Howard Stern ShowThat it was Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, who contacted them in 1996.
“What happened was I started talking to him through Sarah and said, ‘I’m going to do Bodyguard 2 and I think I can build that around you. would you be interested And he says, ‘Yes. My life will change.’ I didn’t really dig into it, but I thought I understood what he was saying.“
He added: “I really respect Sarah because she was the one who arranged the conversation between me and Diana. And never said: “Then what about me?” I’m a princess too. He was in favor of this idea.“
Death and a failed project
However, the project was abandoned after Diana’s death in a car accident in 1997 at the age of 36.
“I never did this movie because I couldn’t replace Princess Di“, he said Kevin Costner. In addition, he added that everything became “uglyAfter that with the royal family. Indeed, when it was revealed that he was discussing the film with the princess, the royal family became angry with him, he recalls.
“When Diana died, about a year later, it turned out that I was doing Bodyguard 2 with her. And what happened was that the royal family turned against me a little bit. It got pretty ugly. And I let it go for a while. It was getting uglier and uglier.“
He then turned to Sarah Ferguson for advice: “Finally, I called Sarah and said, “Sarah, you have to tell me who’s leading this charge.” He says, “No, no, no, Kev, you don’t want to talk to them.” I said: Yes, I want to. I called him and said, “I’ll tell you something, you have to stop because it’s true, and if you don’t stop, I’m going to start because it was true.“- added Kostner.
follows guard It was never implemented and Kevin Costner He never got the chance to play alongside a princess, but he still has fond memories of his brief encounter with the coveted British princess.
He loved her
In an interview with People published Tuesday, the former Yellowstone star also revealed that he learned the late princess was “kind of” into him through her son Prince William.
“About 15 years later…. Finally, I had a very sweet conversation with Prince William“, she said. “I was in England and received a message that the Prince wanted to speak to me.“
He then found himself in an isolated room stacked with chairs.
“There was no one else there. We sat down, shook hands, and the first sentence came out of his mouth: “You know, my mom had something for you.”“
Then the actor appeared in disbelief and answered sarcastically:I know.“
He added: “It was a very sweet thing. We just talked and we both went our separate ways and never became pen pals or anything like that. But I have very fond memories of who he was, how he approached me, and what we talked about.“
Bodyguard is currently running on Max.
Hear Kevin Costner discuss Princess Diana and a potential Bodyguard sequel in the video below:
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