Mirren: 'Women do not lose sex appeal'

Helen Mirren believes women do not forfeit their sex appeal as they age.

The 62-year-old, who is still considered a sex symbol, said older people are still attractive but in a different way to the young.

She told Time: "I don't think women do lose their so-called sex appeal. It just shifts into a different arena.

"There's no question, you know, full on sex appeal is for the young - it is. That's nature. And so it should be. But older men and older women, when they say sex appeal I don't think they really mean sex.

"I think they're talking about some indefinable thing that has to do with appreciation of life, wisdom, and all kinds of things. There should be a special word for it."

Mirren, who recently shot brothel movie Love Ranch for husband Taylor Hackford, also revealed that she thinks prostitution should be legalised.

She said: "I definitely think [it's] the way to go, given the awful, horrendous trafficking of women and the danger of girls being out on the street, so vulnerable to pimps and 'johns'."

Mirren was given an award by the USA Naturist Society last month.