Best of Q: Steve Coogan gets serious for Philomena
U.K. writer-actor-comedian Steve Coogan speaks to Jian about his Golden Globe nominated film Philomena.
From the Best of Q, U.K. writer-actor-comedian Steve Coogan speaks to Jian about his Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated film Philomena. Directed by Stephen Frears, the film stars Judy Dench as an Irish woman longing to reunite with a son she was forced to give up when she was a teenager.
Producer, co-writer and co-star Coogan plays a journalist who becomes drawn to Philomena's story and deeply involved in the search for her adult son. The odd couple's dissimilarities far outnumber their common objective, and the resulting portrait contains a stunning range of human experience and emotion.
Producer, co-writer and co-star Coogan plays a journalist who becomes drawn to Philomena's story and deeply involved in the search for her adult son. The odd couple's dissimilarities far outnumber their common objective, and the resulting portrait contains a stunning range of human experience and emotion.
Steve Coogan, right, poses with the real Philomena Lee -- the woman who inspired his new film co-starring Judi Dench. (Chris Pizzello/Invision) You can read about Lee's true story in this recent New York Times feature.
This interview originally aired December 23, 2013
This interview originally aired December 23, 2013