Oscar winner Meryl Streep is set to play Margaret Thatcher in a biopic of the former British Prime Minister called Thatcher says The Hollywood Reporter.
The film is set in March 1982 in the days leading up to the Falklands War when her support from both the public and within the party was at its lowest. Her victory in the Falklands led to Thatcher's re-election along with helping her push through major societal reforms.
Jim Broadbent is in talks to play her husband Denis.
Brian Fillis (An Englishman in New York) wrote the screenplay.
Phyllida Lloyd (
Mamma Mia!") directs.
Damian Jones will produce.
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