Steve Coogan , his production company Baby Cow and Pathé Productions have settled a libel claim over their 2022 film “ The Lost King ,” with the university employee who sued over his depiction in the film being awarded “substantial damages.”

The film, which was written by Coogan and stars him and Sally Hawkins, tells the story of how the remains of British monarch King Richard III were discovered in Leicester in 2012. Richard Taylor, the deputy registrar at the University of Leicester at the time who was played by Lee Ingleby in the film, sued last year over what his lawyer alleged was an “arrogant villain” depiction.

On Monday, the BBC reported that Taylor had been successful in his claim, and the film will be changed with defamatory comments not repeated. Taylor had claimed that

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