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"Jim Broadbent has suggested that Meryl Streep is perfect to play Margaret Thatcher in the upcoming The Iron Lady. Broadbent told New York Magazine that he is confident that Streep is the right choice to play the iconic British prime minister, despite her US nationality. He explained: &amp;quot;I think years ago a film about Thatcher was attempted, and they had a phone-in vote on a BBC morning news programme - &amp;#039;Who do you think should play Margaret Thatcher?&amp;#039; And Meryl actually came out on top! &amp;quot;I think it&amp;#039;s perceived that Thatcher needs a star, really, and she&amp;#039;s perfect casting in many ways. She&amp;#039;s got a good look, and she&amp;#039;ll absolutely do it in a brilliant way.&amp;quot; The actor added: &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s also got an interesting eye on the script. She can bring an outsider&amp;#039;s view on the story, so that it won&amp;#039;t become a lazy, parochial piece that Brits understand but where nobody else really knows what&amp;#039;s going on. She can ask the questions that foreign audiences will ask.&amp;quot; Broadbent confirmed that filming will begin on the project in January. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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