Helen Mirren reveals men flashed her at least once a week when she was younger
Dame Helen revealed that she’d regularly have men ‘exposing themselves’ to her
DAME Helen Mirren has revealed she used to be flashed “about once a week” when she was in her 20s.
The actress said that she’d find herself having to deal with perverts in the street and on public transport.
She told The Daily Star: “Men would expose themselves to me often.
“I would say about once a week.
“On the Tube, on the bus, walking down a road and it was like, 'Ugh'.”
When asked about the advice she would give her younger self, the 72-year-old added: “It'd be to say ‘f*** off’ more and stop being so bloody polite.
“It's hard to explain how difficult it is to overcome the culture. No-one wants to listen.”
Last night Helen appeared on The Graham Norton show alongside her former lover Liam Neeson.
Helen was all smiles as she and Liam, 65, discussed their romance, which spanned from 1980 to 1985.
Graham was first to point out that she once "dated" Liam, but Helen replied: "We didn't date, we lived together for four years - we were a serious item for a while. Lucky me!"
Liam then opens up about the sweet, yet bizarre, way he discovered she had fallen for him.
He tells Graham: "Before I met her and we worked together, I had read somewhere that if she fancied a guy she would imitate his walk behind his back.
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"I turned around one day and she was doing that to me."
But Helen had caught Liam's eye long before.
Recounting the first time he set eyes on her, while filming the movie Excalibur, Liam said: "I remember being on the set and standing with Ciaran Hinds as Helen walked towards us dressed in her full Morgana Le Fey costume.
"We both went, 'Oh, f***' and I was smitten."
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