Jan 6th 2011 by BBC News | UK
Colin Firth plays a royal stuttering king, King George VI, in The King’s Speech. The story starts in 1925 when Prince Albert, known as Bertie, and the future King George VI, has to prepare a speech at Wembley Stadium. Since his childhood he is afflicted by a stammer and the speech that he has to give, will be broadcasted live across the Empire. Bertie is very nervous because he cannot talk comfortable and freely in front of a public. In the movie he is helped to get rid of his stutter.
Nice to know: Colin Firth has listened to some of the old records of the King to get a hang of stuttering.
I have not seen this movie yet, but I am going to watch it soon. It seems to be a movie with nice pictures of the castle and I hope that the movie can tell a good story about the royal family in that time. It is also interesting to see how someone tries to overcome a stuttering problem. We often find it humiliating to see someone stutter, but they cannot help their selves. We also have to keep in mind that the radio was a mass medium, which was very popular back in the time. The television was not yet invented. The speech that Bertie gives will turn into a complete disaster.
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