Emma Corrin felt like she "got to know" the late Princess Diana as a "friend" when she played her in 'The Crown'.
The 24-year-old actress is starring as the late Princess of Wales in the final series of the Netflix show and she admits she felt a "great sense of companionship" with the Princess, who died in 1997.
She said: "I feel I've got to know Diana like you would a friend. I know that sounds really weird, but I get a great sense of companionship from her. I suppose, over time, you kind of start to patch together a sense of empathy and a sense of understanding. I love figuring people out."
And Emma confessed she never told her friends about the casting for a while as she knew they couldn't keep it a secret.
Speaking about her casting, she added: "I didn't tell anyone for a while. I love my mates but I think it would have got out ... My friends from school did this incredible thing, where they made me a scrapbook filled with all of the screenshots from our group WhatsApp, where I have said, 'Oh my God, guys, I've been invited to read.' Or a random conversation we'd had four years ago when I said, 'Isn't Diana amazing!'"
