Arkansas Blog: The Bill

Remember "The Queen," the hit movie about the British royal family starring Helen Mirren?

Peter Morgan, the screenwriter of that movie and "The Deal," depicting Tony Blair's rise to power, is planning a trip to Little Rock to brainstorm a third film in the trilogy, "The Special Relationship," about Blair's relationship with Bill Clinton.

He insists that he doesn't have any casting ideas for Bill Clinton, saying that's always a director's prerogative. But Morgan promises that the gauzy portrayal of Blair in "The Queen" will not be repeated, intimating that Clinton, especially the Clinton in the last years of his presidency, won't get off easily either. "You have to remember," he told me, " 'The Queen' was set in that honeymoon period when Blair had just taken over the country and didn't have to be especially devious."

He laughs. "I can assure you there's plenty of deviousness in the new film."

Could Helen Mirren portray Hillary? She's only two years older. And pretty darn fit.

Comments

Helen Mirren portry Hillary<<<

Not a chance. She's older than HRC and way too thin.
But, definitely Darrell Hammond should get the bubba role no matter how
well Travolta did Primary Colors.

Posted by: eLwood | July 24, 2008 02:19 PM

I don't think age is an issue. Any woman who can rock a bikini like this at age 63 shouldn't have a problem playing a slightly younger woman. Blue name.

Posted by: Moxiemoron | July 24, 2008 02:39 PM

Good pic Moxie. Good photoshop. But the actress portraying HRC will need to convince us it's
the 90s.

Posted by: eLwood | July 24, 2008 03:19 PM

Good point. She'd need to play mid 40s to early 50s and that would be more of a stretch. As for the Photoshop... it's entirely possible. I've seen a lot more amazing things done with Photoshop than that. I just wonder what the motivation would be. It came from a British tabloid and they're not really known for trying to make people look better. If someone else touched up the photo, I still have to wonder where the original is. She does have a few things going for her that make it seem more plausible too: she's got great genes (descended from Russian nobility, I think), she works out a lot and she's never had children. Most importantly... I really, really want it to be true.

Posted by: Moxiemoron | July 24, 2008 04:44 PM

Note the shadow line just under her chin. Perfect place to cut then work in the obliviously larger body.

P.S. I've had a 20 year love affair with her too.

Posted by: eLwood | July 24, 2008 08:53 PM

Posted by: eLwood | July 24, 2008 08:54 PM

That pic is a fake. Helen, by her own admission, usually swims nude, because she hates tan lines.
She is a gorgeous woman-age be damned!

Posted by: RYD | July 24, 2008 09:53 PM

Good night, nurse!!!!! WOW!!!!!! I can't believe that we are the same age.

Posted by: strangelove | July 24, 2008 09:58 PM