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\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Diane Kruger<\/strong><\/a> is opening up about how she landed her role in David Cronenberg<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s arthouse horror film The Shrouds<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n The 47-year-old actress joined the filmmaker and co-stars Vincent Cassel<\/strong><\/a>, Guy Pearce<\/strong><\/a>, Sandrine Holt<\/strong><\/a>, and Elizabeth Saunders<\/strong><\/a> at a photo call during the 2024 Cannes Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/em> on Tuesday (May 21) in Cannes, France.<\/p>\n Diane<\/strong> wasn\u2019t the original actress to be cast in the movie. She replaced Lea Seydoux<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI got a call saying that L\u00e9a Seydoux <\/strong>had fallen out of his film and that David Cronenberg <\/strong>wanted to offer me the movie,\u201d Diane<\/strong> told Deadline<\/a> at the festival. <\/p>\n She continued, \u201cI just got the script, and David <\/strong>just happened to be in Paris, so we met and, well, I\u2019d say we immediately hit it off. We talked for hours about the script and why he wanted to make this movie. To be honest, I felt very moved that he asked me to be \u2014 basically \u2014 his wife in the film.\u201d<\/p>\n