Here at Leicester Executive Chauffeurs, we want to make every single one of the people that we drive feel amazing. Driving with a chauffeur is one of the heights of luxury, and this is why chauffeurs are such a key part of the celebrity lifestyle. But more than being driven to the red carpet, and back home after a glitzy award show, chauffeurs also pop up in some favourite films and television shows, often proving to be a favourite character. So have you noticed the chauffeurs in the movies that you watch?
Morgan Freeman played a chauffeur in Driving Miss Daisy, a film that was all about the power that a chauffeur can have over someone that they drive. Both Miss Daisy and Hoke Colburn, the character than Morgan Freeman played, learn so much from each other as they share journey after journey together. A similar process happens between chauffeur Joe and the protagonist of The Princess Diaries: as Mia tries to better understand her new responsibilities in life as her world is turned upside down, Joe is there at every turn to encourage and motivate her.
Other films that include chauffeurs demonstrate the incredibly closeness that can develop between a passenger and a chauffeur when they travel together regularly. Who hasn’t watched the romance blossom between Sybil and Branson on the television show Downton Abbey? Yes, it feels slightly strange that a young lady from such a wealthy family could be falling in love with such a low born servant, but of course love triumphs against the odds. An updated version of that sort of story can be found in the movie Jack Goes Boating. The two main characters within this film are chauffeurs, and their romances either dying or thriving.
So why do so many films and television shows want to include a chauffeur within their character ranks? Well, a journey within a chauffeured car is a brilliant metaphor for the journey of life: there is often someone else in control, and we have to trust them to get us to our destination safely! At Leicester Executive Chauffeurs, we cannot promise any particular words of wisdom, but we can guarantee to always treat you with a high level of respect, and get you to your destination safely and on time.
