--- title: TIME 100: Sarah Paulson Won't Play Princess Diana on Feud description: Sarah Paulson shut down rumors that she would play princess Di on Feud in an interview at the TIME 100 gala. canonical: https://time.com/4755191/sarah-paulson-on-princess-diana-at-time-100/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-26T02:03:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:15:02.103Z og:title: Sarah Paulson Is Totally Down to Play a Royal. 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Landon Nordeman for TIME by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/) and [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) Apr 26, 2017 2:03 AM UTC [Sarah Paulson](http://time.com/4499496/sarah-paulson-marcia-clark-emmys-2/) took time out from mingling with her fellow world influencers at the TIME 100 Gala on Tuesday to shut down [speculation](http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/news/a21669/sarah-paulson-princess-diana-feud-season-2/) that she might play the late Princess Diana in season 2 of Ryan Murphy’s _Feud_ series. Paulson’s _American Horror Story_ costar Kathy Bates fueled talk of the possibility when at L.A.’s PaleyFest when she called Paulson “the people’s princess,” a nickname famously held by the popular Princess of Wales. Paulson, a member of [TIME’s 2017 list of influencers](http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736222/sarah-paulson/), was happy to address the rumors in final — and hilarious— terms. “It’s not happening, I may know who’s doing it, but I can’t tell you. I _have_ offered to play one of the corgis but I’m not sure if they will take me up on it,” she told TIME. A corgi may not be an official royal, but Queen Elizabeth II is known for her legendary [corgi “dynasty](http://time.com/4352389/queen-elizabeth-vanity-fair-cover-corgis/).” Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we submit to you Paulson. Emmy winner, Rihanna fan, and totally up for playing a fancy dog. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4755191/sarah-paulson-on-princess-diana-at-time-100/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4755191/sarah-paulson-on-princess-diana-at-time-100/"},"headline":"Sarah Paulson Is Totally Down to Play a Royal. 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