Emma Thompson, Anna Friel, Christopher Eccleston to Star in Drama ‘Hear Me Roar’ About 2000 U.K. Trans Marriage Case
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor Emma Thompson, Anna Friel, Christopher Eccleston, Julian Ovenden and Rebecca Root have joined the cast of queer drama feature “Hear Me Roar.” The script is co-written by Lisa McMullin and Ashley Bayston, whose story it tells.
The feature will be directed by Amy Coop and produced by Darren Stuart and David Nichols. “Hear Me Roar” tells the story of a transgender woman who, in 2000, took on the British government in a lengthy legal battle which would change the lives of LGBTQ+ people in the U.K.
Elizabeth (Liz) Bellinger married her husband Michael at Southwark register office in South London in 1981, one of the few transgender people in Britain who had gone through a marriage ceremony.
For nearly 20 years only her husband knew her secret, however in 1998 she launched a campaign to have her marriage legally recognised and in 2000 the case went to court.
