Israeli director Guy Nattiv has defended his casting of non-Jewish actress Helen Mirren as iconic Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in his biopic Golda, which world premieres at the Berlin Film Fes…
UK actress Maureen Lipman kicked off a debate around the issue in early 2022 when she publicly criticized the casting of Mirren in the role of Meir.
Talking at the film’s Berlin press conference, Nattiv said he had instinctively felt Mirren was right for the role from their very first meeting. “There’s no doubt for me and that’s why I was so surprised to see this reaction. Helen said something very smart. She said, ‘Okay, so let’s say only Jews can play Jews. What about Jews not portraying Jews? Is this not allowed anymore?’ So it’s like limiting us in such a way and Israeli and Jewish actors have no limitations. You can see Israeli actors in international shows. And so for me as a Jewish Israeli director, I had no problem.
In the Arab world, she is criticized for her attitude towards Palestinians and her denial that they constituted a nation prior to the creation of Israel in 1948.
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