…Look, they had me at ‘Helen Mirren,’ honestly. She’ll be fine playing ‘Hespera,’ a hitherto unknown villain in the DC universe. If she could do RED, she can do this*.
Moe Lane
*To quote Warren Ellis, when they asked him how he felt about the way they took his comic book and stretched it out to movie length: “I mean, if you don’t want to see a film with Helen Mirren with a sniper rifle, I’m not sure I want to know you.“
You might just manage to get me to watch a D.C. movie yet, Moe.
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RED was quite enjoyable, as a popcorn-and-violence flick.
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Mew
For me, it was the scene with the Ma Deuce.
Helen Mirren has had my number for forty years; to quote Liam Neeson (speaking to Cearan Hinds on the set of Excalibur) “God! Will you look at that!”, said the first time he saw her in custom.
I’d watch Helen Mirren peel potatoes.