The Lost King: A "likely" legal action against the Richard III film

Image source, The Lost King

By Jennifer HarbyBBC News

Scholar said he is likely to take legal action n against the makers of a new Richard III film, which he said was "littered with inaccuracies".

Richard Taylor was part of the University of Leicester team that found and identified the king 10 years ago.

A character named after him features in the film The Lost King, with Steve Coogan and Sally Hawkins.

But Mr. Coogan said, "The university is responsible for its own loss."

'Helpless'

The film, released on Friday – which was also co-written by Mr Coogan – stars Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Ms Hawkins, in the lead role of Philippa Langley, an ordinary woman who – he says – “brought up against the country's most eminent historians, forcing them to think again”.

It tells the story of Mrs. Langley, whose quest to find the remains of the last Plantagenet monarch led to its discovery in 2012.

In its promotional material, it said it was the "remarkable true story" of the discovery.