Please Let Helen Mirren Play Donald Trump

collected by :Tod Hinery

open_word} Saturday Night Live has gone through two Trump actors since the reality star began his long and shameful candidacy. The answer: Helen Mirren as Donald Trump. "I'd be so funny as Trump," Mirren told The Hollywood Reporter. But what would a Mirren Trump be? I don't know much about Mr. Trump's background, but if I was to play him, I would definitely start there.

Helen Mirren Wants to Play Donald Trump

Because Helen Mirren, one of the finest dames in all the land, wants to try her hand at portraying Donald Trump — but with a very quintessentially English twist. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Mirren expressed genuine interest in lending her talents to the portrayal of America's current president. I would say real life is so much more interesting than anything you can make up. But you know, a fantastic sort of slightly Shakespearean character. "I don't know much about Mr. Trump's background, but if I was to play him, I would definitely start there.

Helen Mirren Would Love to Play Donald Trump

as mentioned in Or was he so…MIRREN: He was always… Laurence Olivier was one of our great, great actors in the English language, obviously in theater. GALLOWAY: Yes, yes. MIRREN: Yes, absolutely, yes, yes. GALLOWAY: I mean, do you just like wrap the blankets over your head and think, think, think, or do you just wait until you are on the set and how do you get the instinctive part? MIRREN: I did, yes, yes.