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Director Phyllida Lloyd defends Meryl Streep's 'Iron Lady' performance
Published Sunday, Nov 27 2011, 04:17 GMT | By Paul Millar | 9 comments
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The Oscar-winning American actress has provoked a negative reaction from former politicians in the UK for her portrayal of the British Prime Minister.
Director Lloyd told The Hollywood Reporter: "People have been arguing about her for months and months, She certainly burns brightly as a still very divisive character."
Former Conservative MP Norman Tebbit wrote last week that Thatcher was "never, in my experience, the half-hysterical, over-emotional, over-acting woman portrayed by Meryl Streep".
Streep is supported in the film by Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher and Anthony Head as Geoffrey Howe.
> Broadbent: 'Streep ideal for Thatcher role'
> Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady - First poster
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