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THE 74-YEAR-OLD OSCAR-
winning actress stars in
this thriller about a widow
taken in by a charming
grifter (Ian McKellen).
Here, she opens up about
beauty, manservants,
and the art of lying.This movie takes multiple
twists and turns. What
about it hooked you?
It was a combination of
my costar Ian McKellen
and of course the direc-
tor, Bill Condon. It’s a
very interesting script,
a wonderful twisty
thriller that I thought
would be fun to do.
It’s nice to do a film
about old people that’s
not about Alzheimer’s
or cancer, if you know
what I mean. [Laughs]You and Ian McKellen
have starred together on
Broadway, but this is
your first film together,
which surprised me.
It is kind of surprising.
I missed the whole
Lord of the Rings thing,
so it’s great to be in
a real chunky, proper
movie together.The con-man movie is
such an enduring genre.
Why do you think people
love to watch swindlers?
Because we can all be
taken in, as so many
of us are so often. Nowa-
days obviously, with
internet scams and fake
news, almost everybodyTHE GOOD LIAR
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