An open casting call for young actors from the UK and Ireland was held last year - resulting in the new Harry, Ron and Hermione being cast, along with other younger characters such as Lavender Brown ...

It was two days before Christmas in 1968 when a photographer from the Southend Standard – the Echo’s predecessor – visited Miss (now Dame) Helen Mirren to take some snaps of the blossoming actress ...

It was two days before Christmas in 1968 when a photographer from the Southend Standard – the Echo’s predecessor – visited a 23-year-old Miss (now Dame) Helen Mirren at her home in Leigh to take some ...

Golda Meir’s Grandson Defends Helen Mirren’s Casting in ‘Golda’ When we see Dame Helen Mirren as Golda, no one should raise any doubts about what proves to be the most natural casting for Golda.

Coniglio says, “Helen Mirren with a hunting rifle or with a double-barrel shotgun, as she weilds in the episode, is seriously bad ass when she wants to be.

All the while, Helen Mirren ’s Cara Dutton, the family matriarch, is up in the attic with her rifle, giving cover. It was Mirren’s performance and lines that would ultimately hold the key to ...