Dame Helen Mirren Interview | Parkinson | BBC Studios

[@HaydnGuite]

One of our finest actresses and a genuinely lovely lady. She's had a fabulous career and did so many great things over the years. I think she sits as one of the jewels in Britain's dramatic crown 👑. Keep up the excellent work Dame Helen ❤ 😊

[@sleepypoodle]

She seems like such a likeable, extraordinarily gracious, dignified and unpretentious woman who has clearly forgiven Parkinson's oafish treatment of her back in 1975. I love her dress too, it's absolutely beautiful.

[@johnbleakley4125]

She's still gorgeous here! She's brilliant in The Long Good Friday, with the late-great Bob Hoskins, which I have in a fabulous blueray boxset, that also includes Mona Lisa. Wonderful actress !! ❤️

[@geoffm9944]

She projected herself in this instance as an intellectual and thoughtful actress. Parkinson’s line of questioning was far more sensible, as opposed to his previous crass and inane line of questioning in the early 70’s. In this interview he gave her an opportunity to expand her views on a number of topics.

[@jannazepp5161]

He was such a tedious creep in 75.

[@dylanbosify]

Check the body language.....a Lady never forgets....lol

[@juanpablopanebianco5311]

hysterical and manipulative.. her tricks are over, Nature is cruel...

[@jmontenegro1124]

Juan Pablo Panebianco she suffered sexist comments. She deserved that moment !!

[@tonym2513]

@@juanpablopanebianco5311 fuck you, Juan.

[@JaIch9999]

@@juanpablopanebianco5311 I hope that nature is as "cruel" to me as it is to her.

[@MorganaLeFay44]

I was thinking that!

[@Satchel334]

This interview is amazing! 35 years ago Mirren and Parkinson did an interview in 1973! And they are still alive and kicking today! And they still both look pretty good!

[@Kassiusday]

We are now in covid era .., 2020 1973 so today will be 47 years ago already !!!!!!!!amazing !!

[@jonahyoung347]

And Parkinson is still an absolutely creepy interviewers. Patronising or what?

[@bart234465]

He looks like shit, she looks amazing

[@diabl2master]

Not sure about Parkinson... especially in that 1975 interview, he does not look 40 there

[@SuperFerdie1965]

Parkinson doesn't look too great at the moment.

[@Skylikeday]

One of the best living actors/actresses today! And although her acting is her best feature of course, you can't ignore how absolutely stunning she is. I can only dream of aging that well...

[@zacharylewis2802]

Surprised she even agreed to go back on this show.

[@ajs41]

Why? The original interview was very tongue-in-cheek on both sides.

[@johngalvin3124]

Happy in her own skin😊

[@keithgriffiths9864]

He perceived himself to be in the position of power the 1st time. She wasn't having that, and the 2nd time everyone knew who held hhe power, and he was more respectful 😊

[@coreyrowland6843]

Very beautiful at any age

[@rinawaller1830]

How different the two Parkinson and Helen Mirren interview sessions are, if anyone has seen both these episodes. I bet Parkinson hates the first meeting too, love them both ❤️❤️

[@MattScottMusic]

Mirren is brilliant, not just at acting either, she’s running rings around Parky.

[@PaulBrown-il3wl]

This woman is powerful

[@StarlightMelody]

Thanks so much BBC ! But...Sir, may I have some more ? ;-D Keep Helen Mirren videos coming ! We will be so grateful to you ! ;-D

[@johnkennethwiseman682]

She is amazing

[@marshmallowpeeps241]

absolute icon! love her!

[@TroyDouglas917]

She's a very good-looking older woman. The years have been very kind to her.

[@joeltee9894]

Such an eloquent woman. My favorite

[@Lutomoria]

And she is a very lovely actress though. Especially when she was younger. She was such a beauty, and still has it.

[@maureencheshire832]

Queen of free spirits!

[@ovimavi]

Obvously, she is aging beautifully. I don't think she was ever as beautiful as she is now. Really...

[@billmeloche4918]

Helen is an absolute Gem:)

[@takomaguy]

My point exactly. So why try and run from who and what you are? Take pride.

[@spartybrearly7221]

What a pair! 😍😍😍

[@johnregan326]

Helen is still a stunner gorgeous woman👩.

[@TheJohnfirth]

I remember her in O lucky man with Malclom McDowell the way she said"Micheal" Helen is a wonderfull actress

[@FredPickett]

One of the best.

[@suziescott2007]

I like him, he's like the British version on Letterman sort of.....thank you BBC for posting....

[@effyleven]

At a school in Woodford Green, London, where she was in the cast of a 20 minute playlet that made it to the top three of a schools' drama competition. There was no public entry to the comp... I was there with my friends to support another group, but all the same I was mightily impressed by Helen Mirren.. ..apart from being very pretty, and "flouncing" brilliantly.. ..she played "Julie", a good girl who came to a sticky end by getting in with the wrong crowd. Hmm.. Would she remember..?

[@FungusMossGnosis]

@NORMANGODS Yeah, Santa Clarita counts as a smaller town.L.A. has plenty of tucked-away smaller communities that are nice. San Diego has almost none. In big metropolitan areas, I've found it much less friendly than the UK (in general!). Maybe they treated you better because of your accent? Lots of people have a thing for the Brit accent over here.

[@lindaeasley5606]

I'm not overly impressed by a Brit accent. I judge people by the things they say and behavior. I've come across a couple of Brit KZbinrs that I find to be rather annoying and pretentious 🇺🇲

[@oughtssought1198]

good grief does he let her finish a sentence? must he answer all the questions with a paragraph of his own preamble before he asks them?

[@davidhobart9597]

Hopeless interviewer

[@MsBackstager]

Always the lady no matter what.

[@daisymay9203]

She knows she’s not going to get caught out, women are so undermined by male interviewers

[@isuriadireja91]

she's just so gorgeous in this vid.

[@leafuller3153]

That was a big part of the success - Helen Mirren's incredible talent ! Also, no one does crime drama better than the British !

[@sovaine]

I remember when she was in Caligula?:-)

[@SteveCournane]

love that word raffish

[@tonym2513]

You only get better with time, Helen.

[@gracebeliever9749]

Amen...she was extremely gorgeous as a young woman, and now I think she's even MORE ATTRACTIVE!!!!

[@FungusMossGnosis]

@NORMANGODS What part of CA are you in? Not my parts, I gather... what, are you in a small Northern town?

[@EveHenleySpread]

Well seen as she talks about having just completed another Prime Suspect after a long break - she must be talking about No. 6 which was released in 2003 so it has to be around then - possibly early 2004.

[@quantanamo]

Did he ever apologize to Helen Mirren or Meg Ryan?

[@ka5269]

No

[@theo7493]

Hell no. He's from Yorkshire lol

[@Fvkoffffffffffffff]

Her body language is so telling, she does not like him 🥴 I cringed when he said “and you are good at what you do” her face was so uncomfortable

[@Captain_Rhodes]

i dont thinks thats true. she didnt have to go on there. most people like him. he was very good at his job tbf

[@Eskay1206]

listen to his interview with her decades earlier, most sexist interview ever, "SO it is said you have the best tits" she was so bored

[@davidhobart9597]

Patronising Parky

[@corirenata6541]

Pervy Mike

[@bronson1392]

Hi all body language experts smh😂😂😂😂😂

[@peteandurnot]

Yes, a hilarious Comedian in her own right.

[@AlanCanon2222]

This American hasn't seen "Prime Suspect," but what about Helen Mirren as Capt. Tanya Kirbuk in "2010: The Year We Make Contact?" (first movie I saw her in, and she looked damned good in a futuristic Soviet flight suit when I was 15.) "You haf been drinking your vhiskey from Kentucky!"

[@anonUK]

Even now, she's still slightly on edge with him.

[@geoffteece3230]

anonUK she’s just 100% more intelligent than he is!

[@adaircairell]

No need to mark it down, it's just a question! I don't know... I reckon that to some extent, she changed it because of prejudicial purposes. Did you know that Michael Caine is called something like Maurice Mickelwhite Jr?

[@effyleven]

Flippant? Parkie is trying to hide the fact that he fancies her something rotten, and always has!! Just like me. I say her on stage in a school production when she was just 15-yoa, and have been utterly smitten ever since. ;-)

[@sarrhodes8277]

Parky seems respectful and pally here; by now they presumably knew each other well enough; the original interview was outrageous but of its time and in tune with the 70s way of behaviour and thinking whether you liked that or not. If you weren't there - don't judge.

[@prettythings89]

@AlanCanon2222 haha I've never heard of this film, but you've made it my sole life mission to get my hands on it ;)

[@KulaAShaker]

@whiterobin sorry m8 im only seeing jibberish can u type that again?

[@greaterbayareahero1401]

Parkinson is grovelling now ....lol

[@FSofty]

Still got it Helen!

[@jimbob7070]

take a look a the woman in the middles reaction at 02:46

[@mgtb2951]

0:32

[@JakkeWestCoast]

she's so beautiful... 5 stars *****

[@takomaguy]

Yeah. I'm not a monarchist be any stretch of the imagination, it's just that I read her grandparents we in London on government business when the Lenin took over. Her parents got out and some off her kin didn't fair to well, So when she say something about the British Royals, I just kind of wonder what the deal is. I also heard her father was a member of the CWP.

[@davidhobart9597]

Who cares

[@motanelustelistu]

0:45 THE British Empire.The Empire is still there,only has the name changed by Winston Churchil into "British Commonwealth" as the name Empire,wasn't suited anymore for the modern world after WW2,as he tought.

[@davidhobart9597]

Not much of an empire

[@carbine5378]

Parkinson obviously thought he was going to have the upper hand in the 70’s interview; after all as far as he was concerned he was interviewing a vacant actress who probably got by on her body. It was interesting in this later interview the reaction of the woman sitting next to her, a comedian I think. When Helen made a comment about her role in Prime Suspect being all about her, the woman next to her seemed really pissed off, maybe jealousy rearing its ugly head.

[@kjmcindoe3014]

Of course it was. Helen is everything Jo Brand is not: gracious, feminine, clever, and extremely talented.

[@emilyjade3813]

Jo Brand looks so unimpressed when she says 'it's all about me'.

[@Barbara-yj5tl]

Didn’t she just!

[@lp1653]

Dame of the British Empire, what british empire? hahaha she is right

[@martinreynolds6027]

LP - Totally agree. But why take the honour then slag off the establishment that she has sold out to join??

[@Tazz77]

Any woman her age is going to sag a bit. I saw some pictures of her on a beach late last year and she looked very good for someone in her 60s.

[@matthewclarke4127]

I can't believe she pronounced 'often' with a T.

[@leviterande]

@Raahorakhty yeah x10... just joking

[@Pillboxer1940]

The only trouble with Mirren's protests about Parkinson talking about her breasts and looks instead of her acting, is that in the 1960s and 70s she openly cashed in on her looks in numerous topless/sexy photo shoots. Of course, it's her choice and there is nothing wrong with that but she's not really in a strong position to critcise anyone for pointing it out.

[@Rosco566]

I think you'll find that he said 'lecturing'. It's not quite the same thing.

[@cranebeg]

Is it not? Oh thanks. He was and she loved it lol.

[@nattybrown]

Wheres the rest?!?....

[@boazsenator]

She is beautifull, in whatever she does

[@canadianskunk]

Is there a Man alive that doesn't find this Woman the most Phenomenally Beautiful, Bright and Talented to grace stage and screen? In my case I unabashedly drool a bit when enjoying any film or feature Dame Mirren appears in. She is simply Delicious!

[@ElvarMasson]

Dame Helen Mirren is possibly the most beautiful woman on the planet...ever

[@ParArdua]

Parkinson is such a creepy old man with women interviewees. It is stomach turning.

[@suziescott2007]

and I LOVE Letterman....

[@Gimli1732]

Parkinson kept talking over her. He didn't listen well enough

[@elismycat]

Why did she go back to a Parkinson interview after the horrible sexist interview he did?

[@ka5269]

Probably forgot what was said

[@coreymckeegan]

God I’m glad this show isn’t on nowadays, he’s so condescending.

[@Tungstencube66]

Bravo Helen....jo n cilla are a pair of Trogs.

[@curiositycloset2359]

Would have been funny if hed gone down the same line of questioning.

[@26095]

God, Helen, I love you.

[@LesleyMason-q2r]

How did this guy get a job?

[@CrimeDoesNotPay]

Is this a 90-year old Piers Morgan?

[@larsjorgan7964]

Parkinson totally out of his depth not being able to leer and make comments about her t..s

[@TempusFugit91]

She´s the mos beautiful woman I´ve ever seen. I could swear I´m lovesick^^ I could look at her and watch her all day long, seven days a week. She must be wicked or something.

[@mikka2005]

Is that Jo Brand sitting next to her? Coz her body language is so interesting, she is totaly leaning towards the person sitting next to her, away from Parky. But whenever he says somethin she likes or agrees with him she leans towards him. Whatching how such a sexy woman handles herself around others is incredibly intriguing. Anywayz, LOVE her!

[@poptopia1]

i dont care how old she is , shes hot !

[@Bec0107]

Bet he let's the male guests on his show speak and not tell them how they should feel about things...

[@Raahorakhty]

How old is she? 20?

[@jannazepp5161]

Parkinson was such a creep in the 1975 interview. I am surprised she agreed to this one. Then again, she’d eviscerate verbally if he stepped even a millimeter out of line.

[@spuffchops70]

I'm inclined to disagree. Parky was being a total arsehole in that interview. She was just being herself: a liberated woman.

[@bronson1392]

🍉🍉

[@ka5269]

Dull interview

[@lamestguyintown]

I dont see the attraction of america

[@MilitantOldLady]

for her age....she's still a hottie

[@gimmeshelter1969]

Helen Mirren? Yum!

[@davidhobart9597]

Much more grovelling Parky but he is still not a good listener.

[@curiositycloset2359]

What a strange line up, mirren, brand and black.

[@chiletraveladventures]

gibberish!

[@neverlovedaboy]

Those other women are obviously jealous of Helen, especially the big lady. Who are those woman?

[@tigerarmyrule]

Compare her voice here to the put on obvious attempt to sexualise her voice in her first interview with him.

[@ritapita1126]

twat... voices change as we age

[@davidhobart9597]

Rubbish

[@bloomoggi]

compare her voice to 1975 interview.. sounds so different,,, i wonder if she smoked..i know that changes the vocal cords for the worse,, but anyway it is a little peculiar how our voices all change with age.