Umqondisi uPablo Larrain, ngokusobala, useqalile ukudubula iBaiiic yakhe ebizwa nge- "Spencer" ngeKristen Stewart endimeni eholayo. Isithombe sokuqala somlingisi savela kwabezindaba, lapho azame khona isithombe sikaPrincess Diana. Isifinyezo, lapho i-stewart ifaka khona esigqokweni esimnyama ngeveli, ithumele i-Deadline Edition. Esithombeni, i-Blonded Blonde Kare kanye nokubukeka okuthuthukile kuyizici ezibonakalayo kakhulu ku-Lady DI.
Khumbula, ngemuva kwesimemezelo sokuthi uStuart unqobile ngokuphonswa kwendima enkulu esithombeni seSpencer, umphakathi wamukele lolu lwazi olungebungelunalo, lapho ebheka ukuthi intombazane ayifani ne-prototype yakhe, ngaphandle kwalokho, akuyona iBriton. Umgqugquzeli oshicilelwe ukhombisa ukuthi abangu-makective kanye nezingubo zezezimali bakwenza umsebenzi ohehayo.
Umnqamulajuqu futhi ubika ukuthi itheyiphu yokubamba iphinde yagcwaliswa ngabaculi abathathu. Emishameni ezayo ye-biographical, uThimothi Spoll, uSally Hawkins noSean Harris bazosuswa; Iyiphi indima abayenzayo - hhayi ecacisa. Ngasikhathi sinye, abakhiqizi bephrojekthi abavezi ukuthi ngubani ozodlala ezinye izinhlamvu ezibalulekile - umyeni kaDiana, uCharles, namadodanakhe uWylliam noHarry.