The University of Leicester is unhappy about how it is portrayed in new film The Lost King
Coogan stars opposite Sally Hawkins in The Lost King, which is released in the UK next month
Mrs Langley, played by Sally Hawkins, is presented as being instrumental in the discovery of the skeleton; the driving force behind identifying the burial site and securing funding for the dig. "It makes up a scene where I mimic Richard III's disability, and have to be told by Philippa not to equate physical characteristics with evilness. That is the most hurtful personally and the most damaging reputationally. It is not true, it did not take place."
Another real-life figure, Dr Richard Buckley, is presented as being dismissive of Mrs Langley, only agreeing to become involved when his department is threatened with closure and he faces losing his job.: "There is no truth to our department being under threat of closure or my job being on the line or anything like that. That was just nonsense.
"I think, yes... What happened was, Philippa led the search for the king. She paid for the dig. She hired the University of Leicester archaeologists to dig.
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