![]() ![]() There needed to be context to why Jackie pulled off the heist.īentham tapped playwrights Richard Bean and Clive Coleman to write the screenplay with the directive to keep it both historically accurate and emotionally grounded. But it was also essential to him and the family that “The Duke” not simply be another art heist movie. Following a release of information in 2012, which revealed that Jackie had confessed to the crime years prior but was never prosecuted, Bunton was unhappy with the way Kempton was subsequently portrayed in books and the media. While he never met his grandfather, Christopher Bunton was inspired to pitch a film about him over a decade ago. When we are entertained, but we also recognize ourselves.” And that’s when drama is at its very best. I think there’s that sense of recognition of human behavior. ![]() “You couldn’t invent that character - it has to come from real life. “The characters are recognizable, and Kempton Bunton in particular is a wonderful character and a true character,” Mirren adds. This nutty idea about this strange man who had stolen a picture from the National Gallery is too unlikely to be real, but the fact that it is real made it so interesting.” “Because no one would have bought it if it had just been a fiction. “The fact that it was a real story made it the interesting story it is,” Broadbent says. (Mike Eley / Pathe UK and Sony Pictures Classics) ![]()
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