| Ms Grace
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Whether you miss it or not, 2020 is about to pass, and it's time to do the year-end summary. This year's "year-end summary", I want to dedicate to a beloved filmmaker, she is Oscar film queen Helen Mirren.
Helen Mirren, 75, received the Honorary Golden Bear, a lifetime achievement award, at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2020. Despite numerous awards before, Helen could not hide her excitement when she received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
In today's article, I will take you to review the wonderful life of Helen Mirren for 75 years.
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I'm sure there are quite a few people like me who know Helen Mirren from the time she won an Oscar for The Queen in 2007.
I'm a fan of Queen Elizabeth II, and because I didn't know much about Helen Millen before, I didn't think she was very similar in appearance to the archetypal character, so at first, I was a bit resistant to this award-winning film.
However, after watching this movie, I was completely conquered by Helen, and her amazing acting skills were enough to ignore the discrepancies with the appearance of the archetypal characters.
Elizabeth II
On August 31, 1997, Diana, who had divorced Prince Charles, was accidentally killed in a car accident in Paris, France, and the whole country mourned the "Princess of the People", Elizabeth II was on vacation in Balmoral with her husband Prince Philip and others, and after learning the news of Princess Charles's death, she did not rush back to London in time and expressed her condolences in time, which annoyed the British people.
When she learned that a quarter of the British demanded the abolition of the monarchy, Elizabeth II was shocked, and finally she made a compromise and concession, not only walked out of Buckingham Palace to mourn The Princess with the people, Buckingham Palace also lowered the flag at half-mast to mourn, to know that this is really a violation of the convention, the British royal family even if the monarch dies, never half-mast.
Set against the backdrop of Princess Dai's death in a car accident, "The Queen" focuses on the short week before and after Princess Dai's death, focusing on Elizabeth II's change of mind in the face of an unprecedented crisis in the British royal family, and the film has received mixed reviews after its release, but Helen Millen's performance has won unanimous praise.
Stills from "The Queen"
Elizabeth II became heir to the throne at the age of 10 and received rigorous training in all aspects from an early age. I think everyone has seen the photos or video materials of Elizabeth II herself, in terms of appearance, she is not the kind of natural beauty, but the queen's temperament is very outstanding, and more importantly, the manners are generous.
In one scene, Elizabeth II tells Prime Minister Blair: As a king, you should hide your emotions, responsibility first, personal second, this is a kind of behavior that I have been cultivating since I was a child. But this kind of conduct does not apply to the current era, people like to make a fuss, like to make a public statement, like to put on a show, like to perform, even the queen has to adapt to the times to perform a play. Do you say this is going in or out?
It was this scene that touched me, Helen successfully grasped the essence of the character when shaping Elizabeth II, she not only interpreted the royal style of the queen raising her hands and feet, but more rarely, interpreted the heartache behind the king of a country "if you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight".
Helen Mirren won 31 post-film trophies, including Oscars and Golden Globes, for "The Queen," at the age of 62. After winning the award, more people began to pay attention to Helen, and many people were surprised to find that she had been in the film for 40 years!
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Helen Mirren was born on 26 July 1945 in London, England, but she is a true descendant of the Belarusian nobility, Helen's father came to England after the success of the October Revolution in Russia to drive a taxi to make ends meet, while Helen's mother was an ordinary British housewife, and Helen had an older sister and a younger brother.
At the age of 13, Helen decided to become an actress after watching the play Hamlet. At the age of 18, Helen participated in the audition for the National Youth Theatre and was successfully admitted, but her parents wanted her to pursue a noble profession, Helen became a teacher for 3 years, and then she finally persuaded her parents to officially start her acting career at the age of 22.
Helen's development on the theatrical stage was relatively smooth, and soon came to prominence with stage plays such as "Anthony and Cleopatra" and "The Long Night", but her path from film was not very smooth, and the first few films she starred in were either playing the role of passers-by or playing the role of the heroine, but the film itself had no influence.
In the 1960s, when the female roles in the film were relatively single, Helen Mirren had two choices, either to continue to play the vase type role or to boldly play nudes.
In 1969, Helen starred in the film Eve on the Beach, in which she dives naked, which caused a sensation after its release, but also had a great negative impact on Helen.
In fact, European and American actors, whether men or women, really can't pick out a few who have not undressed on the screen, but in the sixties of the last century, the overall atmosphere of British society was relatively conservative, after the release of this movie, Helen was crowned by the audience as "off-star", in the face of secular prejudice, Helen has never questioned her choice.
Stills from Eve on the Beach
According to some statistics, Helen has starred in nude scenes as many as 14 times, but she insists on dedicating herself only to art. Among these nude scenes, the most representative is "Calendar Girl", when he starred in this film, Helen was 58 years old, the film is based on real events, telling the story of a group of middle-aged and elderly women in a small British town who shoot nude calendars to raise money for medical institutions.
Before winning an Oscar for "The Queen," Helen won the Cannes Film Festival in 1984 for "The Grudge," and in 1994 she won the Cannes Film Festival again for "Crazy King George" and was nominated for an Oscar for the first time. In addition, Helen also won an Emmy Award for the TV series "Suspect One".
I think fans love Helen Mirren not just because she's happy to undress on the big screen, but purely conquered by her good acting skills.
CalendarGirl poster
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It's common to see Helen Millen and her husband, Tyler Hecqueford, on the red carpet, but before getting to the point, let's talk about a little episode where Helen had a well-known ex-boyfriend, who was the male protagonist of "Schindler's List" Liam Neeson.
The two met on the set of the film The Dark Ages, Liam Neeson's debut on the big screen. During filming, the assistant director asked Liam, "Would you like to meet Helen Mirren?" Without even thinking about it, he immediately replied, "Of course."
At that time, Helen came to him 90 meters away from Liam in a costume, and Liam was already fascinated, and he launched a passionate pursuit of Helen Mirren, and the two soon fell in love. From 1981 to 1985, this 7-year-old sister-brother relationship lasted for four years, but unfortunately it ended in a breakup.
Helen Mirren and Liam Neeson are both actors I love, and if it weren't for Helen's happy life now, I would especially like them to be together.
However, more than 30 years after the breakup, the two people can still go on a talk show together, not only talking and laughing, but also saying that they were serious when they were together, which is more enviable than those who are hostile to each other.
Helen and ex-boyfriend
About two years after breaking up with Liam Neeson, Helen Mirren met her true destiny, and she met and fell in love with director Taylor Hecqueford for filming the film "Flying Over the Soviet Union."
Because of the unpleasant emotional experiences she had in her early 20s, Helen has always had a deep fear of marriage, and Taylor gave her enough love and patience. After 10 years together, Helen decided to marry Taylor after much deliberation, and they entered the palace on their last day in 1997.
When she got married, Helen was 52 years old, but if happiness really came, what did it matter if she was a little later? Helen used her own experience to advise young people not to marry too early, and she and Taylor often attended various events together, and they either held hands affectionately or snuggled sweetly together.
Speaking about the secrets of a happy marriage, Helen said: "If I'm busy with the day and I'll wake me up an hour or two earlier with the alarm clock, I'll set aside time for Taylor and me to chat, exchange views, talk about international news and whatever we like." "
Helen Mirren is the kind of woman who knows that happiness is never at hand, and she knows that all good marriages are cared for with the heart, and such a woman will make her husband happy no matter who she is with.
Helen and husband Tyler
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In an interview, Helen Mirren put it this way: "I don't really like the word 'beautiful' because for me, beauty means excluding those who are not beautiful, after all, most of us are not beautiful in the traditional sense, but we are all unique, we are just ourselves, just like me." "
In terms of appearance, Helen is indeed not the kind of amazing beauty, she has always won with temperament from girlhood to twilight. In terms of stature, although Helen has always been slender, her figure has also been hard, and her legs are thick and short, and even she herself has openly laughed at herself.
Helen knows how to use her strengths and avoid weaknesses in dressing, she usually wears dresses with a length of more than the knee, and on the red carpet, she also appears in a long skirt that mops the floor, which not only cleverly conceals the body defects, but also gives people the impression of good clothes.
However, although Helen knows how to use her strengths and avoid weaknesses in dressing, she is very real as a person.
In the 1970s, when Helen attended a talk show, the host asked her, "Do you think your figure will cause any obstacles to your career?" Helen replied domineeringly: "Do you mean that a serious actress can't have big breasts?" "
After winning the Oscar, Helen completely tore off the sexy label on her body, and she said with emotion: "The word sexy has been pestering me for a lot longer than I thought..."
The beginning of Duras's novel Lover reads: I know you, and I will always remember you. At that time, you were still very young, and everyone said you were beautiful, and now, I am here to tell you, for me, I think you are more beautiful now than when you were younger, when you were a young woman, and I love your battered face more than you did then.
This passage reminds me of two people in show business, one is the female director Lenny Riefenstahl, and the other is the actress Helen Mirren.
Helen is undoubtedly beautiful, this beauty has nothing to do with age, silver hair and wrinkles have become her plus, Helen's greatest charm comes from her true personality. It's hard to associate Helen with the word "contrived," she can talk about her own drug trials as a young man, and she can sincerely warn young people to ignore other people's evaluations of her appearance.
We love Helen Mirren like this, not only because she is optimistic, confident, brave and honest, and can dress well, but also because she is the unique Helen Mirren.