RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Coogan explained that he was inspired to put pen to paper after feeling that Langley had not been given enough credit for her invaluable role in finding the remains.<\/p> \u201cI watched the documentary The King in the Carpark and I was fascinated,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd although it\u2019s about the search for Richard, I was fascinated by Philippa \u2013 she seemed troubled, as it were, in the documentary and that piqued my interest.<\/p>\n
\u201cSimon Farnaby is a big champion of Philippa\u2019s, so I spoke to him. And he said, \u2018Why don\u2019t you meet her?\u2019 So I got in touch with Philippa\u2019s people and we went and had lunch, and I asked her story.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cI mean, the remarkable discovery I knew about, but I wanted to know the sort of story behind the headlines. And I remember Leciester University doing this big announcement and thinking at the time, \u2018Hang on what about the woman in the documentary? Where\u2019s she?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I wanted to get her story and then when Philippa told me about her experience, this solo project that she embarked on by herself many years ago to go on a search for Richard III and eventually having that \u2013 in my opinion \u2013 wrested from her, that made me think \u2018Now there\u2019s a story there.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cSo then we were just off to the races and I had to convince Philippa that she\u2019d let me and Jeff and Path\u00e9 write the screenplay.\u201d<\/p>\n