Helen Mirren: Yellowstone spin-off 1923 star says she has ‘awareness of the finality of life’ with age

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Dame Helen Mirren has reflected on her mortality, stating the “finality of life” has recently become “more real” to her. When asked if she’d ever had a close brush like her co-star Ford, who was involved in a horrifying plane crash in 2015, Mirren said: “No, not personally.” However, she said that, as she’s gotten older and some of her Hollywood co-stars, including Dame Maggie Smith have died, she has reflected on the passage of time more and more. “And as you get older and life develops around you and you lose friends or family, obviously, your awareness of the finality of life becomes more and more real to you.” Prime Suspect star Mirren, whose career has spanned 60 years to date, added: “Hopefully that informs your acting because what are you as an actor except a reflection of life around you.” Watch Apple TV+ free for 7 days New subscribers only. Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton and Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton in season two, episode seven of ‘1923’ on Paramount+ “He’s been carried into the kitchen, dying and covered in blood, and later Harrison did say to me, ‘That was how I was after the accident,’” Mirren told the outlet, referring to his crash.