Meryl Streep eyeing Margaret Thatcher biopic: report
AFP
LOS ANGELES- Oscar-winner Meryl Streep is in talks to play "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher in a biopic about the former British Prime Minister, The Hollywood Reporter said Thursday.
Streep, 61, is in negotiations to reunite with "Mamma Mia!" director Phylidda Lloyd for the film -- "Thatcher" -- which will focus on the period shortly before the 1982 Falklands War between Britain and Argentina.
Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep at a graduation in May 2010
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the planned biopic will be set in the 17 days before the Falklands War as Thatcher -- Britain's first woman Prime Minister -- is battling to save her career.
The Falklands War is often regarded as a turning point in Thatcher's career, sending her popularity soaring and helping her right-wing Conservative Party score a landslide election win in 1983.
Veteran British actor Jim Broadbent is in talks to play Thatcher's husband, Denis, the report said.
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