Colin Firth, who earned a Bafta and an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of George VI, said file footage of the stammering king was useful, "not so much as material to imitate, but because I saw something in the quality of the man. There's a humanity and an unassuming decency about him which I tried to focus on".
Helena Bonham Carter played Elizabeth, the future Queen Mother.Firth told the BBC: "One of the things that was most painful to observe about George VI is that if you read what he wrote, this is a man with a subtle, elegant mind. He had wit, a strong sense of irony and was judged as dull-witted because he couldn't express all that."
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