Richard Taylor mentioned he was “shell-shocked” after seeing The Misplaced King for the primary time, a movie about how Richard III’s skeleton was found under a parking lot in Leicester.
He informed The UK Tonight with Sarah-Jane Mee: “I wasn’t consulted or even knew I was in the film. The first I hear is I get a phone call while I’m on holiday – and eventually, after press previews, I persuade the producers to let me see a preview.”
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Richard III
Final 12 months, a choose dominated that Mr Taylor was depicted as “smug, unruly dismissive and patronising” – with the plot suggesting he “knowingly” misled the general public.
“I’m portrayed by someone on screen who looks like me, who sounds like me, who dresses like me – but behaves in a way that falls so far short of the standards I set for myself and what others might reasonably expect of me,” the educational defined.
He added: “Something that was a collaborative effort that showcased the best of British universities in my view was turned into this farce – where I was the villain and portrayed in a way that was completely inconsistent with the reality and the truth.”
Now chief working officer at Loughborough College, Mr Taylor mentioned “none of the facts” within the 2022 movie had been ever checked – and the Alan Partridge star, his firm Child Cow and Pathe Productions didn’t attain out to him earlier than its launch.
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Steve Coogan and two manufacturing firms have agreed to pay ‘substantial damages’. Pic: PA
‘The movie’s going to look fairly foolish’
As a part of the settlement, an on-screen clarification will now be added to the beginning of the movie, however no scenes will likely be eliminated.
When requested whether or not he was glad with this end result, Mr Taylor replied: “I’d have liked them to re-edit the film, but one’s got to be realistic about what one can achieve.
“The insertion of the cardboard will say that the individual on display screen is a fictitious portrayal – and the actual Richard Taylor did not behave like that … so the movie’s going to look fairly foolish.”
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The statue of Richard III exterior Leicester Cathedral. Pic: Shropshire Matt/PA
The case was resulting from proceed to trial, however a Excessive Courtroom listening to on Monday heard that the events had settled the declare.
In a press release afterwards, Coogan had mentioned: “If it wasn’t for Philippa Langley, Richard III would still be lying under a car park in Leicester. It is her name that will be remembered in relation to the discovery of the lost king, long after Richard Taylor has faded into obscurity.”
He went on so as to add: “That is the story I wanted to tell, and I am happy I did.”
Reacting to the assertion, Mr Taylor argued “it’s a pretty strange definition of happy when you’ve had to settle a defamation claim for seven figures in costs”.
He mentioned: “Steve is never anything other than certain in himself and of his own position, but I think he’s got it wrong – basic facts were not checked.”
