http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20239 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:15:55 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20239#post-54602 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:23:10 +0000 Mr.3374 54602@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>If you don't swear, yes. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20239#post-54599 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:27:51 +0000 mr blue 54599@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Is that the civil lisp? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20239#post-54595 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:32:34 +0000 Mr.3374 54595@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Give the queen a new identity, ie Queen Schindler, to get Queen Schindler's Lisp. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20239#post-54565 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:53:39 +0000 Ludicity 54565@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thanks people. </p> <p>And thanks for the suggestion Oxy. It was mad enough writing it with Chris Eubank and now you want Tommy Trinder? Here's a clip of the great man to keep everyone happy. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-cKswoazMY" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-cKswoazMY</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20239#post-54547 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:14:41 +0000 Oxbridge 54547@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nice idea, but one suggestion. The real Queen didn't to the best of my knowledge have a lisp but she did speak in this awful strangulated accent (recordings of her as a young woman must be easy enough to find) that even toffs found grating. Would something about how she learned to talk common with the help of, say, some Cockney geezer comedian of the 1950s (Tommy Trinder?) work better? Just a thought. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20239#post-54544 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:06:22 +0000 Zadok the second 54544@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I would like to see this film now, please. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20239#post-54542 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:50:55 +0000 Waggys Dog 54542@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Excellent! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20239#post-54540 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:44:04 +0000 Ludicity 54540@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Award winning actor Colin Firth has confirmed that he will star in a sequel to The King’s Speech, The Queen’s Lisp, in which he plays the young Queen Elizabeth II as she struggles to overcome a terrible speech impediment.</p> <p>‘Playing The Queen will be the biggest challenge of my acting career,’ said Firth, ‘Judi Dench has done it, Helen Mirren has done it, but until I play this role then I simply cannot be taken seriously as an actor.’</p> <p>Set in 1952, the film tells the moving story of Elizabeth who ascends to the throne but is unable to speak in public without pronouncing her sibilants as interdentals. The reason for her lisp is unclear although, according to the film, she has been traumatised by her husband, Philip, who continually says inappropriate things due to a tragic case of Tourettes. </p> <p>In a desperate attempt to overcome her lisp the young monarch visits an unconventional speech therapist, played by Chris Eubank. Ironically he can’t even pronounce the word ‘therapist’. Eubank helps her to conquer her lisp by teaching her to box and fight like a warrior. </p> <p>‘The Queen’s Lisp will be a mixture of Royalty and Rocky,’ said Firth, ‘but as I train for the biggest fight of my life, running through the snow in a delicate lavender dress with matching bonnet and boxing gloves, I really hope to play the part of Her Majesty with the reverence and humility that it deserves.’</p> <p>Historians have been quick to point out that Queen Elizabeth II has never had a lisp or trained as a boxer. However, director Tom Hooper defends his vision. ‘The Queen’s Lisp is based on a true story,’ he said, ‘Ok, so it’s not 100% historically accurate and it never actually happened, but dramatically it’s true.’</p> <p>The Queen’s Lisp has already been nominated for twelve Academy Awards despite the fact that it hasn’t even been made yet. ‘This film has everything,’ said Firth, ‘royalty, boxing, a speech impediment and a man in a dress. They may as well just give me the Oscar now.’ </p>