The Princess Diana “Bodyguard” Sequel: What Could Have Been

​A long-standing rumor was finally confirmed: Costner was set to produce and star in The Bodyguard 2 with Princess Diana. Costner revealed that Sarah Ferguson (the Duchess of York) set up the initial meeting. Diana was reportedly nervous but excited, famously asking if there would be a “kissing scene.

The plot involved Costner’s character protecting Diana from paparazzi and stalkers, eventually falling in love. The rumor is particularly haunting because Costner received the finished script for the sequel on August 31, 1997—the same day Diana tragically died in Paris. He never made the movie because he felt she was “irreplaceable.”