Richard Attenborough attempting to get the project made for 18 years. He directed the screen version of the musical "A Chorus Line" (1985) and the anti-apartheid drama "Cry Freedom" (1987). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director for both films. His later films as director and producer include "Chaplin" (1992) starring Robert Downey Jr., as Charlie Chaplin and "Shadowlands" (1993), based on the relationship between C. S. Lewis and Joy Gresham (the star of the latter was Anthony Hopkins, who had appeared in four previous films for Attenborough: "Young Winston", "A Bridge Too Far", "Magic" and "Chaplin"). Between
Charlotte Attenborough Charlotte Attenborough Charlotte Isabel Attenborough (born 29 June 1959) is a British stage, film and television actress known for "Jane Eyre" (1996) and "Jeeves and Wooster" (1991-93). Styled The Hon. Charlotte Attenborough socially, she is the daughter of Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim. Born in London in 1959, the daughter of actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician Richard Attenborough and the film and theatre actress Sheila Sim, Charlotte Attenborough is the niece of television naturalist David Attenborough, John Attenborough and the late actor Gerald Sim and the sister of the director Michael Attenborough; her sister Jane and her 14 year-old niece