Because women my age need movie heroes too

[stgulik]

Somebody just shared this with me: 20 iconic male movie roles in which Helen Mirren would have ruled.

I am here to say, if Helen Mirren were in any of these roles (except maybe Tootsie), I would immediately go and see her. I loved her in Red, which was otherwise a spotty piece of cinematic work. They should immediately re-make Red and put her in the Bruce Willis role and let her kidnap / rescue / charm & enamour the love interest, played by, oh, I don't know ... Ryan Reynolds. No, too provincial. Daniel Radcliffe! No, dammit, too young. Alan Rickman! Well, anyway. I would see it. Here she is, wearing boots and kicking butt.

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[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

I was joking - oh, I hope that's the way it came across! I just felt like such a numpty, but I hope nobody thought I was seriously complaining about you not catching it.

[stgulik.livejournal.com]

I could tell you were joking, and I bet everyone else could, too. Still - I wish I'd caught it. That and the Comfortably Numb thing.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Ah, well, we can't catch everything. Sometimes in my zeal to get something done I rely on my less-than-stellar memory to recall certain facts. And Mojo was the one who pointed out the Floyd thing, and she's family, so I didn't feel too badly about that one...