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Bill Nighy Film ‘Joy,’ About World’s First IVF Baby, Set to Premiere at BFI London Film Festival
'Joy,' which stars Bill Nighy, James Norton and Thomasin McKenzie as a trio of scientists who pioneered IVF treatment, will premiere at the BFI LFF.
Bill Nighy starrer “Joy” is set to world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival. Written by Jack Thorne(“His Dark Materials”) and directed by Ben Taylor (“Sex Education”), the film sees Nighy play surgeon Patrick Steptoe as he joins forces with scientist Robert Edwards (played by James Norton) and nurse and embryologist Jean Purdy (Thomasin McKenzie), to create the world’s first IVF baby in 1978. “This is a far too little-known story of British scientific achievement and it feels perfect to celebrate these three maverick pioneers – and their world changing innovation of IVF – here at home.
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