
You just couldn’t even go there.”Īsked by Variety to elaborate, Lipman said via email: “Helen will be great. I’m sure she will be marvellous, but it would never be allowed for Ben Kingsley to play Nelson Mandela. Actor Maureen Lipman (“The Pianist”) highlighted the discussion about what has been termed “Jewface” when she told a newspaper she “disagreed” with Mirren’s casting “because the Jewishness of the character is so integral. Helen Mirren to Host 'Harry Potter' Competition Event Airing on Cartoon Network, TBS and HBO Maxīut in the U.K., where production wrapped last month, Mirren’s casting as one of history’s most heroic Jewish women has caused some disquiet. Helen Mirren to Receive the 2021 SAG Life Achievement Award 'Finding Fioretta' Documentary Sets Production Date

While Mirren is not Jewish, “Golda” is directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guy Nattiv (“Skin”), who is both Jewish and Israeli, and written by British screenwriter Nicholas Martin (“Florence Foster Jenkins”), who has previously worked with the organization U.K.

In upcoming biopic “Golda,” Helen Mirren plays former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir during the 1973 Yom Kippur war, when Israel was invaded by a coalition of Arab states on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
