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Helen Mirren plays Patricia Highsmith in Toronto premiere
Hindustan Times··16 Sept
Helen Mirren premiered A Talent for Murder at the Toronto Film Festival as novelist Patricia Highsmith in 1980s Switzerland. The 81-year-old Oscar winner called it a fascinating journey into Highsmith's psychology at a journalist roundtable. Anton Corbijn's thriller pits her against agent Edward Ridgeway urging a new Tom Ripley book. Mirren said they shared little in common.
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What It Means For You
- Festival audiences in Toronto saw Mirren's take on Highsmith before wider release dates are set.
- Viewers familiar with Ripley novels may compare Corbijn's portrait with earlier adaptations.
- Fans of literary thrillers get a psychological duel rather than a straight crime plot.
What's Happening
- Mirren embodied Highsmith living in an increasingly secluded Swiss town.
- She said playing Highsmith was intense during a journalist roundtable.
- The film shows Ridgeway urging another Tom Ripley novel.
Highsmith on screen again
- Highsmith wrote Strangers on a Train and the Ripley series.
- Mirren said Highsmith became embittered and isolated late in life.
- She argued Highsmith's view that anyone could commit murder does not match her own outlook.
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