Stephen Frears dropped by TheWrap’s Awards Screening Series Wednesday night to discuss his film “Philomena,” which stars Judi Dench as a woman who teams up with a journalist (Steve Coogan) to find the child she was forced to give up for adoption 50 years earlier.
Coogan, who actually co-wrote the script with Jeff Pope, also produced the Weinstein Company drama with Tracey Seaward and Gabrielle Tana.
“There was a script I guess they worked on for nine months and then I said I’d do it,” said Frears, who leapt at the chance to work with Judi Dench again after successful collaborations on “The Queen” and “Mrs.