Celebrity Seniors!
Funny silver fox Helen Mirren a mega hit on SNL?
[Apr. 10]
Americans became interested in finding out more about celebrity senior Dame Helen Mirren when the famous green celebrity actress was the guest host on the April 9-10, 2011 Saturday Night Live. The silver fox Helen Mirren won the Oscar for Best Actress in 2006 for her role in The Queen. Currently she is starring in a remake of the comedy Arthur, which won Oscars in 1981 for both Best Song and for John Gielgud’s performance as the butler.
Dudley Moore also earned an Oscar nomination for his leading role as the iconic playboy in Arthur, but critics doubt Russell Brand’s ability to achieve the same credit. Brand’s acting abilities are not as well honed as Moore’s were when he played the role, the Los Angeles Times reports. However, classy green celebrity Dame Helen Mirren just may be able to pull it off for the supporting role like Gielgud did in 1981.
MTV reports on Helen Mirren’s impression of her role as the playboy’s nanny:
“Well, me, Helen Mirren, would never ever be in that position because I would never countenance dedicating my life to someone else in that way,” she said. “It takes a very special person to do that, and nannies have that. They’re a very special kind of people, nannies — the kind of people who dedicate their lives to a whole other family that isn’t theirs.”
The charitable silver fox and green celebrity is well-known for her donations and causes. She has traveled to Uganda with Oxfam in support of one of the world’s longest-standing and most bloody crises, with over a million killed and over two million displaced.