Helen Mirren makes no secret of her admiration for writers, something reflected in her portrayal of American author Patricia Highsmith in “A Talent for Murder,” the thriller that premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.
Directed by Anton Corbijn, the film presents a psychological duel between the renowned writer and her agent, Edward Ridgeway , who tries to convince her to write a new Tom Ripley novel. the actor found clues to portray the reclusive writer in interviews and videos Although there wasn’t much audiovisual material available. “I’ve gone in the opposite direction in my attitude to life. “She was not a very nice person at the end of her life at all. “I’ve never thought of killing a person. And the film doesn’t hide that side of her personality.
“It was a fascinating journey to go into her psychology,” the 81-year-old British Oscar winner commented this week at a roundtable with journalists. She became very embittered, very private, isolated,” Mirren said of Highsmith. I don’t think Patricia Highsmith is right about that,” she said. “I’m so cross that I wasn’t born later,” she said. “Not because I would like to be younger now, but because I would like to have had the opportunity as an actress when I was in my 20s, early 30s that actresses have nowadays.”
