i didn't even think it was that competent a script. it had that clunkiness you get with compressed history biopics.
we couldn't stop laffing throughout though cos we had better dialogue for the Queen Mum that revolved around gin.
Also, it was an ITV DRAMA PREMIERE with Helen Mirren, so we're eagerly awaiting part 2 tonight where diana's killer is revealed. robson green should have played Campbell, Caroline Quentin should have been cherie. etc
― Alan, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 10:18 (sixteen years ago) link
they really should have morphed diana's face on to the deer/stag and have her whisper "let go" or summink
― Alan, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 10:19 (sixteen years ago) link
This was forwarded everywhere in blog land: http://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com/2008/07/helen-mirren-is-wearing-a-bikini.html
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 17 July 2008 04:24 (fifteen years ago) link
she looks fucking amazing.
― Surmounter, Thursday, 17 July 2008 04:43 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5859/dsc00208uc5.jpg
― yungblut, Thursday, 17 July 2008 04:45 (fifteen years ago) link
incredible!
― jed_, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 17:19 (fifteen years ago) link
LONDON — Oscar-winning British actress Helen Mirren said she used to love cocaine, but stopped taking the drug after learning that a Nazi war criminal profited from the trade, according to a magazine.
The 63-year-old, who won an Academy Award for her role in "The Queen," was quoted by GQ magazine as saying she used to dabble in marijuana and cocaine when she was younger.
"I loved coke. I never did a lot, just a little bit at parties," Mirren was quoted as telling the magazine in an interview, which was made available to the media Monday. "But what ended it for me was when they caught (Nazi war criminal) Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyon, in the early 80s. He was hiding in South America and living off the proceeds of being a cocaine baron.
"And I read that in the paper, and all the cards fell into place, and I saw how my little sniff of cocaine at a party had an absolute direct route to this ... horrible man in South America," she was quoted as saying.
Mirren also reportedly said she used to steal during what she described as a "very poor" youth.
"I needed to shoplift for food," she reportedly said, adding that while she enjoyed "the accoutrements of movie star life" she still had frugal instincts, cutting her own hair and wearing dollar-store glasses.
Mirren said she was not a royalist but had become a fan of Queen Elizabeth II since playing her in "The Queen."
"It's a miracle she's never gone mad," Mirren was quoted as saying. "She is a remarkable person, who has achieved an amazing thing with a life she neither chose for herself, nor particularly wanted."
Mirren's interview is carried in the British edition of GQ, which goes on sale Thursday.
― velko, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 17:19 (fifteen years ago) link
i so want to race rails with helen mirren
― elmo argonaut, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 17:20 (fifteen years ago) link
I so want to race rails on helen mirren
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 17:27 (fifteen years ago) link
<3
― milo z, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 17:39 (fifteen years ago) link
But the Royals ARE a bunch of freeloading gits in bad clothes!
― Child of the 70's-80's, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 17:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Finally saw this. More than anything I like how it feels like some weird distant period piece.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 05:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I adored every single minute of this film. I was stunned at how deeply I fell for it.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 06:02 (fifteen years ago) link
OK, I quite enjoyed it myself.
Still....
― Mark G, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 07:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I liked this too, found it quite moving. Even made me feel sorry for the old gal.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 08:09 (fifteen years ago) link
(Coincidentally, I'm currently 200 pages into Sarah Bradford's Elizabeth)
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 08:17 (fifteen years ago) link
http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/189441450/helen-mirren
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 18 September 2009 01:20 (fourteen years ago) link
heck, any excuse. can't believe this woman played QEII:
http://farbror-sid.se/image/l/090912-helen-mirren-95.jpg
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Friday, 18 September 2009 01:24 (fourteen years ago) link
She definitely does it for me.
― Bill Magill, Friday, 18 September 2009 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link
She's not playing the Queen in that pic, is she?
― Mark G, Friday, 18 September 2009 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link
don't spoil this for me man
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Friday, 18 September 2009 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link
what's yr man doing?
― Mark G, Friday, 18 September 2009 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
which yr man?
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Friday, 18 September 2009 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQh1G8yrfqg
― scott seward, Saturday, 14 July 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
mirren said the way she decides on a role is she reads the last pg of the script and sees if her charactet is on it
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:02 (eight years ago) link
^a luxury only afforded to top-of-the-billing stars
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:13 (eight years ago) link
... but more likely a bit of self-deprecating humor.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:53 (eight years ago) link
That explains why she never did "Waiting for Godot"..
OOPS SPOILER ALERT!
― Mark G, Sunday, 3 April 2016 23:26 (eight years ago) link
I tried watching this film but couldn't get into it. The problem for me is that in real life the Queen comes across as pretty much the most bland person you could possibly imagine so when they try to make the film interesting by making her into more of a dramatic character it doesn't really work for me.
― mirostones, Monday, 4 April 2016 15:25 (eight years ago) link
My comedian friend met Mirren and greeted her with "Hey, it's a dame!"
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link
The Blair/Brown movie from the same crew was much less interesting than I hoped (alternately, the deal between them was less interesting than it had been made up to be in general).
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 22:23 (seven years ago) link
The Crown is the best thing Peter Morgan's done (not that that's saying a huge amount)
― Number None, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 23:09 (seven years ago) link