Dame Helen Mirren has broken her silence after outcry over her casting as Golda Meir by questioning whether this means Jewish actors cannot play non-Jewish roles. The Academy award-winning actress was criticised for accepting the lead role in the upcoming biopic about Israel’s first female prime minister due to the fact that she is not Jewish. Fellow actress, Dame Maureen Lipman, said last month that “ethnicity should be prioritised” in the casting for Golda, directed by Guy Nattiv, because the “ethnicity or gender of the character drives the role”. Dame Helen responded to the criticism on Friday night and told...
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