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Kevin Costner has revealed Princess Diana as soon as harbored a crush on him.
Costner, 69, mentioned throughout an interview with Individuals, revealed on Tuesday, June 18, that Prince William spilled the beans to him throughout a secret assembly about “15 years” after Costner’s movie, The Bodyguard, was launched in 1992.
“I used to be going to make a second considered one of [The] Bodyguard … Diana and I started to speak,” the Yellowstone actor, who had deliberate to forged Diana in a sequel to the movie, informed the outlet.
Costner added that he “in the end had a really candy dialog with Prince William,” who mentioned, ‘You already know my mother type of fancied you?’”
Kevin Costner has welcomed seven youngsters with three companions over time. The California native began courting Cindy Silva in 1975 whereas they attended California State College, Fullerton. The pair tied the knot three years later and went on to welcome three little ones — Annie, Lily and Joe — born in 1984, 1986 and […]
Costner detailed that William, 41, known as the assembly whereas Costner was in England and the pair spoke for about half an hour, with “no one else” within the room. “I received this message that the prince would love to speak, and I mentioned, ‘What? ‘… after which I went, ‘OK.’”
Whereas Costner’s lips are sealed over the assembly’s agenda, the reminiscence of their personal alternate has by no means left him. “I’ll by no means say what we talked about however it was a really candy factor,” Costner mentioned. “I’ve had such fond reminiscences of who he [William] was … and what we talked about.”
Princess Diana Tim Graham Photograph Library by way of Getty Photographs
Costner, who stars in Horizon: An American Saga, which is about for launch on Friday, June 28, revealed in 2019 that Diana was involved in starring in a sequel to The Bodyguard, which initially featured Whitney Houston.
Within the new interview, Costner detailed Diana’s temporary involvement within the challenge, revealing that it was yet one more member of the royal household who put the challenge on Diana’s radar.
“Sarah [Ferguson] was the one who set this up,” Costner mentioned. “Sarah was very cool, when she may’ve been going, ‘Properly, I’m a princess, what about me,’ she didn’t. She by no means inserted herself and Diana and I started to speak.”
Costner informed Leisure Tonight in 2019 that Diana, who died in a automobile accident in Paris in 1997, got here very near working alongside him.
The British royal household might seem prim and correct to the general public, however they’ve confronted their fair proportion of controversies over time. One of many greatest royal scandals in latest reminiscence got here when King Charles III and the late Princess Diana introduced their separation in 1992 after 10 years of marriage. On the time, […]
“The studio appreciated the thought of doing a Bodyguard 2 [with Princess Diana] in the identical type of capability as Whitney,” Costner mentioned. “I simply keep in mind her [Diana] being extremely candy on the cellphone when she requested the questions. She goes, ‘Are we going to have like a kissing scene?’ However she mentioned it in a really respectful — she was just a little nervous as a result of I feel her life was very ruled.”
In a 2019 interview with Individuals, Costner mentioned he “obtained the script for the sequel in August 1997,” simply sooner or later previous to Diana’s loss of life.
Costner not too long ago mentioned he has fond reminiscences of his authentic Bodyguard costar, Houston, who died on the age of 48 in 2012.
“I cherished her — it’s not like this big thriller — so I knew that she must be the one,” he mentioned of casting Houston within the lead position throughout the June 3 episode of the “Armchair Knowledgeable” podcast.
