Trivia / Churchill

• Dueling Works: The film came out the same year as Darkest Hour, another historical biopic about Winston Churchill (though about an earlier phase of World War II).
• Playing Against Type: James Purefoy, normally associated with swashbuckling rakes or generally confident, swaggering characters (Edward, the Black Prince in A Knight's Tale, Mark Antony in Rome), does a fine job as the shy, stammering, anxious King George VI.

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