'The story takes place in a real place at a real time,' detailed the Oscar-winning scribe who most recently wrote and directed 'Being the Ricardos.'
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It’s an epic story that has been translated for decades on stages and screens, notably as the 1960 original Broadway production starring Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet, Roddy McDowall and Richard Burton. The story, per LCT is “about the quest for democracy, striving for justice, and the tragic struggle between passion and aspiration, between lovers and kingdoms,” themes Sorkin is familiar with through much of his previous work.
Those who, like Sorkin, have poured over the text will be interested to know what an Aaron Sorkin will look and sound like. For one, at his first meeting, Sorkin told Sher he wanted to remove all the supernatural elements from the story. “The story takes place in a real place at a real time,” detailed the Oscar-winning scribe who most recently wrote and directed, which snagged Oscar noms for Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem. “Arthur can’t change himself into a hawk and there’s no magic forest. Even the origin story of the sword in the stone gets questioned.