I admit, I’m late on this.
But.
Last week The Sun reported that Dame Helen Mirren has been tapped up by Quentin Tarantino to play - in showbiz reporter Gordon Smart’s words - “a foul-mouthed medieval monarch”. According to a ’source’ (hmm), “Helen has never worked with Tarantino and is interested.”
So many ifs, buts and probably nots here, but as a rumour it is rather pleasing. And there’s a nice parlour game, too. Which medieval queen?
Given that Hollywood would probably relax the boundaries of the term ‘medieval’ to include anything between the conquest of Britain in 43AD and the seventeenth century, my top three predictions are:
1. Boudicca
2. Eleanor of Aquitaine
3. Mary I
4. Catherine Parr
5. Hang on, that’s more than three
6.= Empress Matilda
6.= Matilda of Boulogne
8. The Lady in the Lake
I’ve discounted Joan of Arc on grounds of age. This is Helen Mirren.
Update: According to my ’source’ (actually a real sentient existing human person who knows about this sort of thing, so possibly a step up from your usual tabloid ’source’), “My gut instinct is that this is bollocks. But you never know.” Bah!
