Film about Margaret Thatcher's life, which is expected to star Meryl Streep, shows the former prime minister as a dementia-sufferer looking back at her life with sadness.
Although the prospect of Meryl Streep playing Margaret Thatcher may have
pleased some admirers of the Conservative former prime minister, her
children have been horrified to discover more about the film.
Margaret Thatcher during the 1982 Conservative Party Conference
Mandrake hears that the screenplay of The Iron Lady depicts Baroness
Thatcher as an elderly dementia-sufferer looking back on her career with
sadness. She is shown talking to herself and unaware that her husband, Sir
Denis Thatcher, has died.
“Sir Mark and Carol are appalled at what they have learnt about the film,”
says a friend of the family. “They think it sounds like some Left-wing
fantasy. They feel strongly about it, but will not speak publicly for fear
of giving it more publicity."
Cameron McCracken, the managing director of the film-maker Pathé, confirms: "It
is true that the film is set in the recent past and that Baroness Thatcher
does look back on both the triumphs and the lows of her extraordinary
career.
"It is a film about power and the price that is paid for power. In that sense,
it is the story of every person who has ever had to balance their private
life with their public career."
He says Lady Thatcher's health will be featured, but insists that it will be
“treated with appropriate sensitivity”. He adds of the film: “Although
fictional, it will be fair and accurate.” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/7895160/Margaret-Thatchers-family-are-appalled-at-Meryl-Streep-film.html
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