Iron Lady role softens Streep’s view of ex-PM

HOLLYWOOD star Meryl Streep has spoken of how her admiration for Margaret Thatcher grew as she made a film about Britain’s former prime minister.

Streep has won plaudits and talk of an Oscar win for her role in The Iron Lady, a controversial movie which has drawn criticism from the ex-Tory party leader’s former colleagues.

Streep told the Radio Times that making the film had given her greater respect for Thatcher.