the debt

Dame Helen Mirren on the challenges of reading the script, what audiences can expect, what she brought to the role.

Helen Mirren on her outfit details and her red dress, jokes that she's bringing the red part to the carpet. on why she wanted to be part of this film. On working with Jessica to flesh out the role of Rachel Singer. Jokes that Jessica would tell her about some of her habits. On the parts of herself she saw in Jessica Chastain, on how hard she works, and how seriously she takes her roles. Says that the role that she's dying to play is the one that comes out of left field, that she never even thought about.

Helen Mirren premieres her thriller 'The Debt' in New York