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Princess Diana nearly graced the silver screen, and her potential co-star Kevin Costner has opened up about the potential rolethat would have seen the late Royal star alongside him in The Bodyguard 2. The Hollywood legend, now 69, disclosed that he and Diana had been in discussions about her starring in a follow-up to his smash-hit movie, with a Diana-centric script already penned before her untimely death in 1997.
Costner got candid on The Howard Stern Show about the planned plot, where he revealed he would return as the stoic protector Frank Farmer. This time, his character would be safeguarding a valuable racehorse in Hong Kong, leading to an unexpected encounter with Diana's character.
"He's on a plane, Princess Di's up front, everyone has to get off the plane," Costner detailed. "Di goes off the plane first, she goes into Hong Kong, because she's going to this [horse] race too."
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Kevin Costner had pitched a sequel to his hit film The Bodyguard to Princess Diana ((Image: Getty))"Princess Di, I meet her the next day at a party and I'm looking at her like everybody else. And she finally walks over and goes, 'I know who you are! ' And I said, 'What the fk are you talking about? ' She goes, 'I know you're here to watch over me.' And I said, 'No, I'm not actually. I'm watching over a horse,'" he recounted, reports the Express.
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"In the story, she had broken with the royal family."
This intriguing project idea came after Costner and Diana had met in the early '90s, thanks to an introduction by Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York. During her divorce proceedings with then-Prince Charles, Princess Diana was approached by Kevin Costner for a role in Bodyguard 2.
"I said, 'I'm going to do Bodyguard 2 and I think I can build this around you. Would you be interested? '" Costner recalled.
"She goes, 'Yes ... My life's about to change.' I thought I understood what she's saying: 'I'd like to open my life... I think I would like to do this.'".
According to Kevin, the Princess has specifically requested a kissing scene! ((Image: Getty))Intriguingly, the Princess even suggested a romantic scene between them, according to the actor - not too surprising given that Prince William once told him his mother had "fancied him".
"The second time we talked she said, 'Is there going to be a kissing scene? ' I said, 'Do you want there to be one? ' She said, 'Yeah,' and I said, 'Then we'll do that,'" Costner shared.
However, it is believed that Diana wouldn't have been the main love interest in the film.
After Diana's tragic death, the project was put on hold as Costner felt it wasn't feasible to continue, comparing Diana's crucial role in the film to that of his former co-star Whitney Houston.
"I could not replace Princess Di," he admitted. "Kind of like, if I couldn't have done Bodyguard with Whitney, I don't think I was gonna make it with anybody."