Dame Helen Mirren has been criticised after she was cast as Israel's former prime minister Golda Meir despite not being Jewish. Actress Dame Maureen Lipman said Dame Helen should not have been asked to play the [Israeli](/news/israel/index.html) leader, adding that she was uncomfortable with the casting. A publicity image of the film Golda, where Dame Helen portrayed Ms Meir during the Yom Kippur War in 1973, showed Dame Helen covered in prosthetic to look more like the politician. Dame Maureen told the Jewish Chronicle: 'The Jewishness of the character is so integral. I'm sure she will be marvellous, but it...