Time has revealed the first official photo from Saving Mr. Banks, which features Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as P.L. Travers, author of Mary Poppins.
Saving Mr. Banks follows the tumultuous relationship between Walt Disney and P.L. Travers as they work to bring the beloved Childrens' novel Mary Poppins to the big screen. About the role of the disgruntled author, Emma Thompson had this to say.
"She's the most difficult person I've ever played. She was a woman of quite eye-watering complexity and contradiction. Often I play people who are controlled by some very clear guiding moral principles. Like Margarete Schlegel [in Howards End], guided by the early principles of feminism and equal rights, and Elinor Dashwood [in Sense and Sensibility], guided by the principles of decency and honor. There are very clear moral prisms these women pour life through, and I understand that very well. And [P.L. Travers] was not like that at all. She...
Saving Mr. Banks follows the tumultuous relationship between Walt Disney and P.L. Travers as they work to bring the beloved Childrens' novel Mary Poppins to the big screen. About the role of the disgruntled author, Emma Thompson had this to say.
"She's the most difficult person I've ever played. She was a woman of quite eye-watering complexity and contradiction. Often I play people who are controlled by some very clear guiding moral principles. Like Margarete Schlegel [in Howards End], guided by the early principles of feminism and equal rights, and Elinor Dashwood [in Sense and Sensibility], guided by the principles of decency and honor. There are very clear moral prisms these women pour life through, and I understand that very well. And [P.L. Travers] was not like that at all. She...
- 7/10/2013
- by MovieWeb
- MovieWeb
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