Helen Mirren responded to backlash over her casting as the former Prime Minister of Israel Golda Meir in the new biopic 'Golda'
Mirren told the outlet she had “no problem” stepping away from the role if her casting was an “issue.” She shared, “But [Guy] said, ‘Bo, it’s not an issue. I want you to play Golda.’ And off we went.”— which hit U.S. theaters on August 25 — follows the story of Meir, Israel’s first and only Prime Minister, and her navigation of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. When it came to casting the historical figure, Meir’s real-life grandson, Gideon, recommended Mirren for the part.Art imitating life.
As an Israeli director, Nattiv, 50, did not think Mirren’s casting “compromised the authenticity” of the film. “When I met Helen, she told me how she volunteered, aged 29, on the kibbutz,” he shared. “She toured the country for five months and fell in love with it. She was basically Israeli, you know?”because the actor wore a large prosthetic nose to portray the late composer — a physical trait often used in stereotypical depictions of Jewish people. in August to defend Cooper’s casting.
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