Kevin Costner vs. the British royal family. That’s what happened in the wake of Princess Diana ’s death when it became public that the actor and royal had been in talks about The Bodyguard 2 .
Looking back on the drama in an interview, Costner, 69, recalled how the royal family “turned on” him. Plus, who he turned to for advice. Hint: It’s the same British royal he still respects to this day .
The royal family ‘turned on’ Costner after Diana died amid ‘The Bodyguard 2’ reports Costner opened up about how it became him against the British royal family following Diana’s 1997 death. On “The Howard Stern Show” the Horizon: An American Saga star confirmed he’d been working on a sequel to 1992’s The Bodyguard with Diana as his co-star. After her death, however, he became the subject of palace attacks when the royals didn’t believe Diana would have ever agreed to star in a movie.
“When Diana passed, about a year later, it had leaked out that I was prepping ‘Bodyguard 2’ with her,” Costner said. “And what happened was, the royal family kind of turned on me a little bit.” “Like, ‘No, that’s not true.
’ And it got actually kind of ugly,” Costner continued. “And I let it go for a while. It just got uglier and uglier.
” Kevin Costner asked Sarah Ferguson for advice on how to deal with the palace The Yellowstone alum continued, saying he turned to Sarah Ferguson , the Duchess of York, now 64, who initially connected him with Diana, for.
