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Pathé Defends ‘The Lost King’ After University Employee Portrayed in Steve Coogan Film Sues Over ‘Arrogant Villain’ Depiction
Pathé has defended the 2022 film after a university employee portrayed on screen launched legal action against the producers, including Steve Coogan.
Pathé has defended its 2022 film “ The Lost King ” — starring Steve Coogan and produced by his company Baby Cow Productions — after legal action was launched by the one of the real-life characters it depicts. On Thursday, Taylor’s lawyer told London’s High Court that the character based on him (played by Lee Ingleby) was “dismissive, patronising and misogynistic” toward the historian Philippa Langley (Sally Hawkins), according to the BBC. Speaking at the hearing, the lawyer added that Taylor was shown as a “devious, weasel-like person,” who mocked Richard III’s disability and linked “physical deformity with wickedness or moral failings.”
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