Robert Pattinson is on the short list to play Prince Harry in a film about his life, called “The Spare,” about the royal’s experiences, including losing his mom Princess Diana and his time on the front line in the army in Afghanistan.

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“I feel a sense of compassion for the guy. His parents break up in the most spectacularly public way, his mother dies in the most tragic and, again, public way and everything is picked over, ” says director Peter Kosminsky.

The film’s script is currently in the works, and once film bosses find someone to play the lead they’ll be shooting in the UK and the Middle East. Competing with Sparklepants is also Rupert Friend and fellow “Harry Potter” actor Rupert Grint, although Kosminsky said he would consider casting an American actor for the role, too. This could be just the type of quality role Pattinson has been looking for, clearly unhappy with the scripts that have been coming his way recently.

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“Annoyingly, there are so few parts I feel I can add anything to, or that I want to do. Acting is the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. I don’t want to be an actor for the sake of it. I don’t find any particular pleasure in being an attention-seeker,” says Pattinson.

While he’s already taken on the role of a doomed wizard, a spanish painter, and a sparkly vampire, adding the part of British Royalty to his acting resume might just be the next best step for Pattinson. He already has a lot in common with Prince Harry – the ladies love them, they struggle for privacy, and every move they make is scrutinized by the media. Yeah, I think he could relate quite well!

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