Screenwriter's Inspiration

I was surprised to find out the screenwriter that penned 'The King's Speech', David Seidler, himself stuttered as a child and was inspired to try to improve his condition when he heard King George VI deliver a radio speech. From NYT:

The seeds for the film were planted years ago, in the childhood of its screenwriter, David Seidler, who himself developed a stutter after his family moved from England to America during the war. He remembers listening to the king on the radio from far across the ocean.

“I would hear these speeches and was told by my parents that he too had a bad stutter — and look how much he’d improved,” Mr. Seidler said. “Maybe there was hope for me.”

Looking forward to seeing this one.