Hollywood Airbrush

Reports suggest that there is to be a major film of Lady Thatcher’s life. It appears she is to be played by the rather attractive Sienna Miller. Personally, I think there is something wonderfully Chaucerian about the idea of the grocer’s daughter being played by a miller’s prodigy.

The BBC has several details on how the film might come together. However, perhaps the key to understanding what kind of film this might turn out to be, comes from the choice of director:

Hollywood director Oliver Stone, whose previous films include Wall Street, Platoon and Natural Born Killers, is believed to have wanted to make a film about Baroness Thatcher - born Margaret Roberts - for several years.

I can see the Wall Street influence of the 80’s coming through during the Thatcher heyday, the Falklands War and the horrors of Goose Green captured as effectively as were the jungle fights of Vietnam… it could be a blockbuster!

How will it all end?