The Crown’s Emma Corrin is ‘set for a role in the new film adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover’

Emma Corrin is set to star in the new film version of the classic novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover.

The Crown star, 25, is believed to be in talks to appear in the film after dazzling audiences with her interpretation of Princess Diana on the Netflix series – and winning awards at the Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe Awards.

Not much is known about the adaptation of DH Lawrence’s book, however, it is believed to be directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, according to Deadline.

The screenplay was written by American screenwriter David Magee, who also wrote Life of Pi and Finding Neverland.

MailOnline contacted Emma’s representatives for more comments.

Lady Chatterley’s Lover’s last film adaptation was in 2015 and featured Borgias star Holliday Grainger in the title, Richard Madden from Game of Thrones as her game lover and James Norton from Happy Valley as her husband.

However, after its release, some viewers complained that there was not enough nudity, despite Madden’s shirtless scenes, with some accessing Twitter to call him ‘tame’.

DH Lawrence’s novel about love through social division tells the story of Constance Chatterley, a married woman who seeks sexual satisfaction elsewhere after her husband is injured in World War I and is paralyzed from the waist down.

Sir Clifford Chatterley is desperate for an heir to inherit his mining fortune, so he does not object to the idea of ​​Constance sleeping with other men – as long as they are of the right social class.

However, he is mortified to discover that his wife has fallen in love with gamekeeper Oliver Mellors and is pregnant with his son.

In the 2015 adaptation, Lord Chatterley grants his wife a divorce so she can marry Mellors. But in the novel he refuses and Constance moves in with his sister.

Other adaptations include the BBC series of 1993, starring Sean Bean and Joely Richardson and much hotter.

Lady Chatterley’s Lover was also brought to the big screen in 1981, with Sylvia Kristel and Nicholas Clay having lead roles.

Lawrence’s book was first published in Italy in 1928 and subsequently banned in Britain, before becoming the first novel to be tested under the Obscene Publications Act of 1959 for the frequent use of the word ‘f *** ‘and its derivatives.

A full, non-purged edition was finally released in 1960, after a six-day trial in Old Bailey, in which the publisher Penguin was prosecuted for obscenity.

Emma’s apparent role in the latest version of the story comes after a few emotional weeks in which she saw her win the Best Actress in a Dramatic Gong Series at the Critics’ Choice Awards and at the Golden Globe Awards.

The actress she looked completely stunned to hear the result of the Critics’ Choice Awards while watching the house ceremony on Sunday.

In two photos shared on Instagram, she seemed to be struggling to receive the news while sitting on a chair and presenting a very animated screen.

Emma seemed to be screaming as she processed the result in a snapshot of surprise, turning to the camera and someone else in the room for support.

She was also seen holding her hands up to her blond hair in another image of the big night.

Sharing her joy with the fans, Emma wrote: ‘criticschoice THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU’

Emma and her co-star Josh O’Connor, 30, led the British by winning again after last week’s Golden Globe success, as she won the Best Actress in a Drama Series and he won Best Drama Actor. .

Emma also won Olivia Colman, who plays the Queen on Netflix’s success, at the award for her interpretation of the late Princess Diana in the fourth season of the Crown.

She gushed, ‘Thank you very much. What an incredible collection of women to be nominated.

‘Thank you so much to Netflix and my amazing family at The Crown and on the left bank. She for letting me play or Diana. It has been the greatest joy. Thanks to all the cast and crew who worked on the series with me. ‘