Rush Turns Down ‘King’s Speech’ Planned for Broadway Next Year
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If “The King’s Speech” comes to Broadway next season as planned, it won’t be with the two stars of the Academy Award-winning hit movie.
Producer Michael Alden said Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush would not reprise their roles as the stammering Duke of York and the speech therapist who treats and befriends him. Firth won an Oscar and Rush was nominated for best supporting actor, losing to Christian Bale.