Helen Mirren 'applauds' director Gavin Hood for casting her in a role that had originally been written for a man.
The movie sees the Oscar winner team up with filmmaker Gavin Hood for the first time - this is also Hood's first film since Ender's Game back in 2013.
Mirren reveals that Colonel Katherine Powell has been written as a man and wished that more directors would use female characters to tackle some of the film's themes.
Speaking to Collider, the actress said: "I didn't know that there was this backstory of this originally being written for a man. I so applaud you, Gavin, not only for casting me - obviously that was great for me - but any woman. I love how you articulated it just now that it takes it out of just being a Boy's movie about war, and I think it makes it much more universal that we are all a part of this conversation. I really applaud you for that. I wish more directors and writers had that point of view."
"A fully involving drama about the new rules of engagement." - LA Times
"Rickman deserves our salute, as does a film that honors his fierce intelligence." - Rolling Stone
"Fundamentally serious, if obviously flawed, "Eye in the Sky" argues both sides of its specific case, and, by extension, the merits and perils of a radical new tool for fighting wars." - Wall Street Journal
"A grim, suspenseful farce in which unpredictable human behavior repeatedly threatens an operation of astounding technological sophistication." - NY Times
"The threat of an international incident ... invokes a chain of political grandstanding and second-guessing, which Oscar-winning director Gavin Hood plays out with artful, measured intensity." - Entertainment Weekly
I remember watching an interview with her where she says she wishes directors casted women in roles that could have been easily rewritten for a woman. Good for her! She's an amazing actress
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