Helen Mirren has responded to Maureen Lipman’s “utterly legitimate” complaint about her accepting the role of Golda Meir.
“You know, if someone who’s not Jewish can’t play Jewish, does someone who’s Jewish play someone who’s not Jewish?” she asked.
Non-Jewish Mirren is playing the former Israeli prime minister in a new biopic, a casting decision that was criticised by Lipman.
It turns out Mirren agrees with Lipman and raised these queries with director Guy Nattiv ahead of accepting the role.
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