OSCAR has mixed feelings about 'Dreamgirls'

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Helen Mirren was outstanding, but I think it is actually stronger acting to create a character than to mimic one. Either way, I will be happy, but I'm rooting for Dench.


Ricky, I don't think Helen Mirren was mimicking the queen.
The queen's whole persona is that of someone who aims to give nothing away.
As one reviewer said, Helen's achievement in this film is to take on an emotional journey a woman who lives to show no emotion (in public - which is all that we see of her).
I think Helen did actually create a character, that of the woman behind the royal mask. She said herself she had nothing to base that part of the character on and had to imagine what she might be like in private situations.