Apparently Meryl Streep is in negotiations to play Margaret Thatcher in a new film about the former British Prime Minister scripted by Julian Fellowes. And my immediate reaction is: eh?
I normally don't have a problem with American actors playing Brits and vice versa - if they can master the accent then it shouldn't matter - but there are certain roles that it just doesn't seem, well, quite right. It would be like having an American Harry Potter, for example.
Naturally there are questions as to why it isn't Helen Mirren but I don't think we have to roll out the Dame for every big Brit biopic.
I'm sure Meryl would do a great job but there must be other British actors who could do just as well. But who?
Interesting that Jim Broadbent is up to play Denis. Now that is genius casting.
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