Golda director reveals why Dame Helen Mirren was cast as Golda Meir despite not being Jewish

Golda Meir’s grandson chose Dame Helen Mirren to play her on screen. The 78-year-old actress stars as the late Israeli Prime Minister -who died in 1978 at the age of 80 – in the upcoming biopic ‘Golda’ but attracted controversy over the role because, unlike her character, she is not Jewish and now director Guy Nattiv has revealed she got the part because she reminded Guy Nattiv of his grandmother. He told The Hollywood Reporter: “When I came to the project, Helen was already cast as Golda. Gideon Meir, Golda’s grandson, said to the producers, ‘I look at Helen, I see my grandmother.’ That’s who…

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