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The Iron Lady is an upcoming biographical film about British former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher,[2] portrayed by Meryl Streep. Thatcher's husband, Denis Thatcher, will be portrayed by Jim Broadbent, and Thatcher's longest-serving cabinet member, Geoffrey Howe, will be portrayed by Anthony Head.
Plot
The film will be narrated through a series of flashbacks, including the 17 days leading up to the Falklands War in 1982.
Production
Filming began in the UK on 31 January 2011, with the release scheduled for late 2011.
Although there is some controversy about casting an American as a British Prime Minister, Meryl Streep is well known for her ability to imitate foreign and domestic accents. She won the 1981 BAFTA Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film The French Lieutenant's Woman, in which she imitated British Received Pronunciation.
In preparation for her role, Streep sat through a session at the House of Commons in January 2011 to observe British MPs in action. She also visited Lady Thatcher's childhood home in Grantham, Lincolnshire, and is planning to meet the former PM's daughter Carol Thatcher, 57, to help her prepare for the role. In addition, she has been reported to have visited the flat where Lady Thatcher and her sister, Muriel, were raised.
Meryl Streep has said: "The prospect of exploring the swathe cut through history by this remarkable woman is a daunting and exciting challenge. I am trying to approach the role with as much zeal, fervour and attention to detail as the real Lady Thatcher possesses – I can only hope my stamina will begin to approach her own."
Reaction
The film's depiction of Thatcher has been criticised by her children, Mark and Carol Thatcher, who are reported to have said, "It sounds like some Left-wing fantasy." Stuart Jeffries of the centre-left British newspaper The Guardian was cautiously optimistic about a non-British actor playing Thatcher, but expressed concern that its "narrative trajectory" could overlook "rage about what Thatcher, economy destroyer and warmonger, was doing to Britain" in favour of an "exclusive focus on Thatcher as a woman triumphing against the odds".
The Mail on Sunday reported that some viewers invited to a test screening of the unfinished film were concerned at the film’s depiction of Margaret Thatcher’s frail health in recent years.
Plot
The film will be narrated through a series of flashbacks, including the 17 days leading up to the Falklands War in 1982.
Production
Filming began in the UK on 31 January 2011, with the release scheduled for late 2011.
Although there is some controversy about casting an American as a British Prime Minister, Meryl Streep is well known for her ability to imitate foreign and domestic accents. She won the 1981 BAFTA Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film The French Lieutenant's Woman, in which she imitated British Received Pronunciation.
In preparation for her role, Streep sat through a session at the House of Commons in January 2011 to observe British MPs in action. She also visited Lady Thatcher's childhood home in Grantham, Lincolnshire, and is planning to meet the former PM's daughter Carol Thatcher, 57, to help her prepare for the role. In addition, she has been reported to have visited the flat where Lady Thatcher and her sister, Muriel, were raised.
Meryl Streep has said: "The prospect of exploring the swathe cut through history by this remarkable woman is a daunting and exciting challenge. I am trying to approach the role with as much zeal, fervour and attention to detail as the real Lady Thatcher possesses – I can only hope my stamina will begin to approach her own."
Reaction
The film's depiction of Thatcher has been criticised by her children, Mark and Carol Thatcher, who are reported to have said, "It sounds like some Left-wing fantasy." Stuart Jeffries of the centre-left British newspaper The Guardian was cautiously optimistic about a non-British actor playing Thatcher, but expressed concern that its "narrative trajectory" could overlook "rage about what Thatcher, economy destroyer and warmonger, was doing to Britain" in favour of an "exclusive focus on Thatcher as a woman triumphing against the odds".
The Mail on Sunday reported that some viewers invited to a test screening of the unfinished film were concerned at the film’s depiction of Margaret Thatcher’s frail health in recent years.
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