Meryl Streep says playing Margaret Thatcher is "a huge and exciting challenge"
"The prospect of penetrating this remarkable woman and the importance she has in history is an immense and exciting challenge," actress Meryl Streep said in a statement after the expectation unleashed in the United Kingdom with the publication of her photo embodying the ex Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
The American actress, who was a finalist at the Oscars the most times, said: "I try to approach in detail the figure (of her) with the same determination, passion and attention as those that Lady Thatcher dedicated to her work. I only hope that my ability to resist is at least as great as his was," Streep said.
Filming began at the end of January, according to sources from the German production company Concorde. The film will be titled with the nickname with which the conservative politician 'The Iron Lady' is identified.
It was coined by the Soviet media in 1976 for its resistance to communism. Her harshness in politics caused the term to remain later as a synonym for her name.
In mid-January, Streep attended a session of the British Prime Minister's appearance as a spectator in the Lower House. Right away she speculated that she was preparing for the role.
In the UK the film is already eagerly awaited. And the publication of the first photo of the successful characterization of Streep as Thatcher, with her typical hairstyle and that little gap between her teeth, occupied numerous press covers.
However, fans of the former Conservative prime minister are concerned about the filming. The Daily Telegraph newspaper notes that the family was "disappointed" with the script when they learned of it six months ago.
According to the newspaper, whose information is collected by DPA, Thatcher appears as a madwoman, a woman who speaks to herself and who looks with regret at what happened in her life. Those responsible for the film deny it.
"It is true that the film is set in the recent past and that Baroness Thatcher reviews the highs and lows of her extraordinary career." But "it's a movie about power and the price you pay for it," adds Cameron McCracken of production company Pathé, speaking to the Daily Telegraph.
To date Thatcher has admirers and detractors. She was the first woman to become president of the British government, a position she held from 1979 to 1990.
With her strict economic and social policy, she managed to rescue the UK from the economic crisis and get the economy back on track, but she is also accused of turning the country into a cold productive society.
Thatcher, who studied chemistry and law, was the daughter of a dressmaker and a merchant from the colonies, who was mayor of her hometown.
In recent years there has been worrying information about the state of health of the former head of government. According to her daughter, Thatcher is senile and has overcome strokes and a fall.
She practically no longer participates in public life and a few months ago she was admitted to hospital for flu, which prevented her from attending her 85th birthday party that had been organized at the government headquarters in Downing Street.
