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News.com.au reports
As a profession, the paparazzi isn't one known for its irony.
But the paps have managed to take it to a new level with its coverage of the Princess Diana movie.
The makers of the film, which chronicles the last two years of the hounded princess's life, are sick of photographers invading their sets to get snaps of Naomi Watts as Diana.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Ecosse Films has struck a deal with Splash News & Picture Agency to give it access to the best photo angles in order to head off further tabloid intrusions.
"We knew we would have to deal with the situation, so we got out in front of it," a publicist for the film told the Hollywood Reporter.
The paparazzi problem had become a particularly acute during filming of scenes that recreated Diana's yacht trip with her lover Dodi Fayed.
Diana will be released next year and is directed by Downfall director Oliver Hirschbiegel.
Watts has said of playing the princess: "This is a first, but I find myself dreaming about her.
"I felt like I was spending time with her. One particular time, I felt that permission was granted."
She said she was hesitant to take on the role of "one of the most famous, if not the most famous, women of my time".
"An awful lot of pressure comes with that, so you want to get it right," she said. "I was dreading people saying, 'she looks nothing like Diana', and 'why her and not somebody else?'. But I couldn't not do it."
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