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Kelly gave up being an actress in her mid-20s because she "hated it". She had left school at 15, had never been to college and ended up working in a UK video shop when she began to write. Her success in writing for TV and films came very quickly.
- January 10, 1974
She wrote it for her dad, who had been telling her about the supercontinent Gondwanaland and reading a Stephen Hawking book on time travel. Marcel, who had just seen Al Gore 's 2006 global warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth, combined these three influences into the script.
Kelly Marcel. Writer: Saving Mr. Banks. Kelly is primarily a writer for film and television but started her career in musical theater with the UK version of "Debbie Does Dallas, the Musical". She is a co-artistic director of "The Bad Dog Theater Company"; founded in 2010 alongside the actor Tom Hardy and fellow writer Brett C. Leonard.
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- London, England, UK
Dec 13, 2013 · December 13, 2013. Last October, British screenwriter Kelly Marcel shot from obscurity to international headlines when it was announced that E.L. James had handpicked her to adapt her...
Nov 30, 2023 · Kelly Marcel, who believes in signs from the universe and sees magic everywhere, was at home with her six-month-old baby when “The Changeling” appeared at the door.
- Alison Foreman
Oct 4, 2021 · 'Venom' writer Kelly Marcel discusses her creative process with Tom Hardy and how they approached Carnage in live-action.
Dec 13, 2013 · Marcel has a fascinating history as an aspiring British actress who found herself writing screenplays while working at a London video store. One of her television ideas got the attention of...
