'Frost/Nixon's Ron Howard, Peter Morgan pay tribute to Sir David Frost

Ron Howard and Peter Morgan have paid tribute to Sir David Frost , who died on Saturday (August 31) at the age of 74.

The filmmakers, who turned the story of Frost's 1977 television interviews with disgraced former president Richard Nixon into drama Frost/Nixon, hailed the broadcaster as "a pioneer of broadcasting".

Morgan, nominated for a screenwriting Academy Award for Frost/Nixon, told Digital Spy that he admired Frost for his transition from "iconoclast, satirist and rule-breaker" to becoming a member of the establishment.

Howard added: "He liked the film and he actually did me the honour of interviewing me for his programme so I felt like that was a personal highlight and achievement."

Howard and Morgan were speaking at the press day for new movie Rush, a true-life drama about the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda. The film opens in UK cinemas on September 9.

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Sir David Frost pictured in 1972. Born on April 7 1939, he began his journalism career as editor of Cambridge University's student newspaper, moving into TV with Associated-Rediffusion and Anglia Television.

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Additional reporting by Tom Mansell

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