Diana & Me is a 1997 Australian romantic comedy film directed by David Parker and starring Toni Collette, Dominic West and John Simm. Plot An Australian named Diana Spencer travels to London to try to get a glimpse of her namesake, Diana, Princess of Wales. Just as she is about to shake hands with the princess, she is pushed out of the way by a photographer. While she is furious with him at first, they slowly strike up a relationship. Cast Toni Collette ... Diana Spencer Dominic West ... Rob Naylor Malcolm Kennard ... Mark Fraser Victoria Eagger ... Carol John Simm ... Neil Serena Gordon ... Lady Sarah Myers-Booth Roger Barclay ... Richard Tom Hillier ... Neville David Baldwin ... Dog Owner Victoria Longley ... Pauline Challinor Marshall Napier ... Bank Manager Penne Hackforth-Jones ... Pollock William Zappa ... Phil Jim Holt ... Detective Nigel Planer ... Taxi Driver Celia Dickinson ... Katie Michael Miller ... Michael - Owner of Cafe Diana John Turnbull ... AA Man Deborah Conway... herself Mike Robinson... Restaurant Manager Production The original script was by Elizabeth Coleman. According to David Parker, the original female lead was older and more like Shirley Valentine. Parker then worked on the script with Matt Ford for 18 months. Shooting finished in December 1996 and post production was completed in Easter 1997 by release planned for August. These plans were thrown into confusion when Princess Diana was killed in a car accident. Parker and Ford spent six weeks reworking the film, adding some new sequences and narration. David Parker later said: There was nowhere to go with that film. We did shoot a new little top and tail for it primarily to place the movie within the past so that it would at least work chronologically. But it appeared it wasn't enough. We either came out too early with it or such was the response to Princess Diana in life and death that we were completely on the wrong page, a film that could be released only after her death. References External links Diana and Me at Oz movies Diana & Me review at Urban Cinefile Diana & Me review at SBS Movie Show Diana & Me review at Variety 1997 films 1997 romantic comedy films Australian romantic comedy films 1990s English-language films 1990s Australian films