Mirren plays Chris Harper, the freethinking instigator of the novel charity drive. Chris also speaks her mind and is a closet exhibitionist. Kind of like the year-old Mirren, who over the years has been outspoken about Oscar-night politicking she's had two nominations, for "The Madness of King George" and "Gosford Park" and about shedding all for the camera: The self-described "naturalist" told the Sunday Telegraph, "I do it because it's part of my job and because I know it titillates and gets bums on seats. When I first read about these women, I thought,? How sweet! What great women!? Then I forgot all about it. But the fact is, it's an absolutely true story. The characters? The central conflict between Chris and best friend Annie Julie Walters was made up.
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