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Julie Taymor on ‘The Tempest’ Gender Switch: I ‘Didn’t Have an Actor In Mind’ for Helen Mirren’s Role

“It was really about knowing that she could play [the] part [of Prospero] and that it could work for a woman,” the director tells THR.

Helen Mirren can do anything — and that includes playing a role originally meant for a man.