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"Meryl Streep has responded to criticism of her performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. The Mamma Mia! star&amp;#039;s portrayal of the ex-British Prime Minister has been criticised by some former Tory politicians, with Norman Tebbit writing last week that Thatcher was &amp;quot;never, in [his] experience, the half-hysterical, over-emotional, over-acting woman portrayed by Meryl Streep&amp;quot;. However, the Oscar-winning actress has insisted that the biopic was tackled genuinely. &amp;quot;I felt that if we did it in the right way, it would be okay,&amp;quot; she told BBC News. &amp;quot;There is a feeling that the walls are just more permeable between the present and the past and one intrudes on the other.&amp;quot; Of scenes about Thatcher&amp;#039;s dementia, she continued: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s something that I don&amp;#039;t think there should be a stigma about, it&amp;#039;s life, it&amp;#039;s the truth. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve all had that moment where you can&amp;#039;t remember why you went upstairs and so it was extrapolating that feeling of disorientation, momentary as it is.&amp;quot; The 62-year-old went on: &amp;quot;I wanted to capture whatever it was that drew people to her or meant people have a special venom for her.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Director Phyllida Lloyd defends Meryl Streep&amp;#039;s Iron Lady performance Watch Meryl Streep in the trailer for The Iron Lady below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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