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"With Kate Middleton&amp;apos;s pregnancy woes stealing the spotlight, Naomi Watts should be feeling a little less stress about her upcoming role as Middleton&amp;apos;s late mother-in-law Princess Diana in biopic &amp;quot;Diana.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\nBut not so, &amp;quot;The Impossible&amp;#x201D;&amp;quot; actress told Ellen DeGeneres Tuesday.\r\nWatts, 44, said that she felt &amp;quot;high pressure&amp;quot; playing the iconic British royal because people the world over &amp;quot;all feel we know [Diana] so well.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn fact, Watts told the talk show host, she debated for the longest time about whether or not to take on the part when she was first approached.\r\n&amp;quot;I tried to say no, but I guess every time I said no, I rang back up and said, &amp;apos;I&amp;apos;ve changed my mind,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; she explained.\r\n\r\nThe British-Australian actress previously revealed her intense preparations for the role, including six weeks of dialogue training, four wigs and a prosthetic nose, Celebuzz reports.\r\nIt was, Watts admitted in an interview with Manhattan magazine earlier this year, one of the &amp;quot;hardest things&amp;quot; she&amp;#x2019;s ever done.\r\n&amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t want to get caught up in mimicry - that&amp;apos;s the worst thing,&amp;quot; she told the magazine at the time. &amp;quot;I was to try to embody her and get the essence of her. Those things are really important to me.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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