Another take on Naomi Watts by "Diana" director Oliver Hirschbiegel

Oliver Hirschbiegel (director, Diana): "When I read the script, I was surprised by how much the love story moved me. But what I did not want from Naomi was a look-alike contest. The idea was to work from outside in. Diana is a very complex character. Whenever you thought you understood her, she did something different. When I look at the poster of Naomi sitting on the diving board, I see both her and Diana. And that happened quite a bit. In the film, it's scary sometimes how close the resemblance is. Good actors do that, I don't know how. She doesn't look that much like Diana, but we helped with the dresses and the makeup, and with a tiny little bit of prosthetic on the bridge of the nose. But the good actors take from within and they become the character. And Naomi is brilliant at that."