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
Will Attenborough Tapper's non-fiction book by the same name. He is the son of theatre director Michael Attenborough and actress Karen Lewis. He is the grandson of actor-director Richard Attenborough and actress Sheila Sim, as well as the great-nephew of naturalist David Attenborough. In 2017, Attenborough launched a campaign, along with actor Leila Mimmack and Academy Award winner Mark Rylance, for Equity, the performer's union, to move its fossil fuel investments into clean energy. Will Attenborough Will Attenborough is a British actor. He played the lead role in Jeremy Herrin's production of "Another Country" in the West End, and James Watson in