Mirren's last film that year was 's biographical drama , co-starring and.
Making sex with her is one of the things every male must perform at least once in his life.
But between the pictures there are almost 200 pages of densely printed text, an unusually frank story of her private and professional life, mainly in the theatre, the words clearly Mirren's own, delivered with forthright candour.
Playing in the television series 2005 , and in the film 2006 , she is the only actor to have portrayed both the regnant Elizabeths on screen.
The film received mixed reviews from critics, although Mirren and Reynold's performances were widely praised.
The production was also staged at the on 11 and 12 July 2009.