The King's Speech: Tom Hooper

Overcoming the odds and personal weakness, forming an unlikely friendship with a maverick talent, stepping up to save the day: these are the elements of many an action movie. But The King's Speech mines its drama from the struggle of an English prince, Colin Firth's Bertie, to overcome his stammer. It's already won acclaim and awards, so we sat down with star Colin Firth and director Tom Hooper in London recently to try to get the full story behind this unlikely epic...
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