How Golda Meir’s Grandson Collaborated with Film’s Makeup Team to Ensure Helen Mirren’s Portrayal Was Not a Caricature

The tiny details mattered in transforming Helen Mirren into “Golda.” In the film, Mirren plays the first female prime minister of Israel, Golda Meir, and follows her leadership during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Special effects makeup designer Karen Hartley Thomas did not want to turn Mirren into a caricature, so the less-is-more approach […]