'Want to break free a bit' Helen Mirren speaks out amid concerns about The Queen role
express.co.ukQueen Elizabeth II, in an iconic performance that won her an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and a SAG Award, among others.The film follows the Royal Family as they try and deal with the series of events that happened after the tragic death of Princess Diana in 1997.And even thought she's honoured to have had the opportunity, she was eager for people to see her in a different light on-screen.Of Dorothy, she explained: "I loved the character and because the Queen is sticking to me like an old band-aid...
while I am profoundly honoured..." she giggled."And I honestly couldn’t think of a more interesting and profound person to be stuck on me!"She went on: "Nonetheless, I am an actress and so I did want to break free a little bit."Mirren is also the only actress to have played both Elizabeth I and II on-screen, as she appeared in the eponymous 2005 television series.But The Duke offers the opportunity for her to explore a different lifestyle as "joyless" Dorothy."Yes, it’s frustrating for the pragmatic person who has to put food on the table," she explained."That’s the position women have been put in so often – forced into pragmatism."They don’t necessarily want to be pragmatic and realistic and practical but they’re forced into it because if they’re not, then their family’s not going to eat,” she told Radio Times.It's not the first time the star has played unglamorous women before in her long and esteemed career.Fans will remember her as DCI Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect, and a housekeeper in Robert Altman’s period mystery Gosford Park."I had no make-up on and was very restrained," she pointed out, chuckling..
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