"The Help" actress Jessica Chastain is set to play late Princess Diana in a new movie.


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The 30-year-old will portray the iconic British royal who died in a car crash in August 1997 in the movie "Caught in Flight", reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, the film will revolve around the love affair between Diana and heart surgeon Hasnat Kahn, who was said to be the love of her life.

The film will be shot in a number of locations, including Pakistan, Angola, the south of France and Paris.

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