Kevin Costner has revealed Princess Diana was set to make her acting debut before her death

Publish Date: Saturday, 29 June 2019, 4:12PM

Princess Diana almost added movie star to her impressive resume.

Featuring on the latest edition of PeopleTV’s Couch Surfing, Kevin Costner revealed that Prince William and Prince Harry's mother was interested in starring in the sequel to his 1992 hit film The Bodyguard, in a role similar to that of Whitney Houston’s in the original movie.

The actor and Oscar-winning director told the outlet it was Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, who facilitated the connection.

"Sarah was really important," the 64-year-old said.

"I always respect Sarah because she’s the one that set up the conversation between me and Diana. She was the one that set it up, and she never said, 'Well, what about me? I’m a princess too.' She was just so supportive of the idea."

Despite her lack of experience in Hollywood, the late "People's Princess" agreed to Costner writing the film with her in mind for what would have been her first acting role.

"She wanted me to write it for her," he continued.

"I said, 'I’ll tailor it for you if you’re interested.'"

"She goes, 'I am interested.'"

"I just remember her being incredibly sweet on the phone, and she asked the question, she goes, 'Are we going to have like a kissing scene?'" he recalled.

"She said it in a very respectful way. She was nervous because her life was very governed. And I said, 'Yeah, there’s going to be a little bit of that, but we can make that OK too.'"

Costner said he received a draft of the sequel script one day before Diana’s death in a Paris car crash in August 1997.

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