BERLIN, Feb 22 — British actor Helen Mirren said Tuesday she thought former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, whom she portrays in a new film, would be “utterly horrified” by the country’s current political state.
“I think she would have been utterly horrified. It’s the rise of dictatorship and dictatorship was what has always been the enemy of people all over the world and she would recognise it as that.” Israel’s parliament took a step toward approving the measure earlier Tuesday despite weeks of mass protests against legislation critics see as a threat to democracy.The choice of Mirren, who is not Jewish, to play Israeli’s only female prime minister, drew criticism when it was announced.director Guy Nattiv, an Academy Award-winning Israeli filmmaker, insisted Mirren’s long relationship with the country lent authenticity to her portrayal.
“We organised to go and stay and work on a kibbutz. And it was quite soon after the Six-Day War, actually, so the repercussions were still really being felt in Israel.”
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