Stammering in films is usually just for the sake of cruel laughs. So thank heavens for the The King's Speech, says Keith Austin, who, like George VI, learned to overcome this common but terrifying speech disorder
There's a moment in The King's Speech, the new film about King George VI and his stutter, when the king (played by Colin Firth) meets his new speech therapist for the first time. The therapist is Australian-born Lionel Logue, played by Geoffrey Rush, and he informs Hrh that "we need to relax your jaw muscles". Firth swallows nervously, the tendons in his neck standing out, jaw muscles far from relaxed. He looks terrified, and eventually barks out one word: "Fine."
It is a startling performance from Firth, though not many would know it. He has captured it perfectly: the fear, the dry, panicked swallow, the unendurable tension, the feeling that your jaw and/or...
There's a moment in The King's Speech, the new film about King George VI and his stutter, when the king (played by Colin Firth) meets his new speech therapist for the first time. The therapist is Australian-born Lionel Logue, played by Geoffrey Rush, and he informs Hrh that "we need to relax your jaw muscles". Firth swallows nervously, the tendons in his neck standing out, jaw muscles far from relaxed. He looks terrified, and eventually barks out one word: "Fine."
It is a startling performance from Firth, though not many would know it. He has captured it perfectly: the fear, the dry, panicked swallow, the unendurable tension, the feeling that your jaw and/or...
- 1/10/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
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