HELEN MIRREN - 5 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ME
Closer US|September 04, 2023
THE OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESS OPENS UP ABOUT HER PASSIONS, PET PEEVE & HAVING NO REGRETS
HELEN MIRREN - 5 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ME

HAMLET CHANGED MY LIFE

As a teenager in London, Helen was inspired to become an actress after watching a local production of Hamlet. “I’m sure the production was terrible, but Shakespeare, the story of Hamlet...it was a thriller to me,” says the actress, 78. “I went back home, and we had this huge book of Shakespeare. I went through it looking for characters I responded to. That was what led me into wanting to become an actress.”

I HAVE A PET PEEVE

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