You anticipate "The Queen" w/Helen Mirren, I can't be BOTHERED!!!

they really should have morphed diana's face on to the deer/stag and have her whisper "let go" or summink

This was forwarded everywhere in blog land:
http://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com/2008/07/helen-mirren-is-wearing-a-bikini.html

she looks fucking amazing.

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5859/dsc00208uc5.jpg

incredible!

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.

i so want to race rails with helen mirren

I so want to race rails on helen mirren

<3

But the Royals ARE a bunch of freeloading gits in bad clothes!

Finally saw this. More than anything I like how it feels like some weird distant period piece.

I adored every single minute of this film. I was stunned at how deeply I fell for it.

OK, I quite enjoyed it myself.

Still....

I liked this too, found it quite moving. Even made me feel sorry for the old gal.

(Coincidentally, I'm currently 200 pages into Sarah Bradford's Elizabeth)

http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/189441450/helen-mirren

heck, any excuse. can't believe this woman played QEII:

http://farbror-sid.se/image/l/090912-helen-mirren-95.jpg

She definitely does it for me.

She's not playing the Queen in that pic, is she?

don't spoil this for me man

what's yr man doing?

which yr man?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQh1G8yrfqg

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

^a luxury only afforded to top-of-the-billing stars

... but more likely a bit of self-deprecating humor.

That explains why she never did "Waiting for Godot"..

OOPS SPOILER ALERT!

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.

My comedian friend met Mirren and greeted her with "Hey, it's a dame!"

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).

The Crown is the best thing Peter Morgan's done (not that that's saying a huge amount)