Having sat down only a few days ago with actress Olivia Colman (Tyrannosaur), I was a bit surprised by her heavily altered prosthetic and be-wigged appearance as Carol Thatcher, daughter of former Priem Minister Margaret Thatcher, in Phyllida Lloyd‘s The Iron Lady. A columnist friend didn’t even recognize her, he told me this morning.
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(l.) Olivia Colman as Carol Thatcher in The Iron Lady; (r.) Carol Thatcher herself.
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Colman during our interview four days ago at L.A.’s Standard Hotel.
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A somewhat less flattering photo of Carol Thatcher.
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Former british Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Carol Thatcher.
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