Dame Helen Mirren presidential desire

She's already synonymous with her portrayal of the Queen, but now Helen Mirren wants to take on the role of another high-profile figure on the world stage. 

The British actress, 72, has revealed she would love to play Donald Trump in a film, saying she would be 'so funny' in the role, adding: 'I've almost got the hair'.

Dame Helen made the comments in an interview for The Hollywood Masters series Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film & TV, according to The Hollywood Reporter, describing the president at 'a fantastic sort of slightly Shakespearean character'.

'He may have a Shakespearean fall, I don’t know but you know, he is an extraordinary character,' she said. 

When asked if he would be a hard character to penetrate, Dame Helen said she would look to his upbringing to get a sense of who the real Donald Trump is.

'You have to start with the child, and the child is very much in Trump,' she explained.

She didn't mince her words when it came to the First Daughter Ivnaka, either accusing her of being all talk and no 'substance' in an interview with Allure.  

'Her book is so ignorant about how the majority of women live, talking about "Make time for yourself to have a massage." Puh-lease,' she said. 

However, the star appears to have a soft spot for Melania Trump, saying she's the most powerful woman in the world as she could take down her husband. 

I’m Eastern European, you know; [we’ve] got these dark souls. That dark Slovenian soul is about to come out. 

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