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Deganham stars deliver

Forget all that blab about Miranda Richardson being prickly. The two-time Oscar-nominee is open and funny as she talks about her role in Made In Deganham, the story of the strike by female Ford Motor Company workers to gain equal pay in the UK.

Richardson says she felt “immense curiosity and responsibility” as she took on the role of Barbara Castle, the cabinet minister who stood up to the Ford bosses.

She says she hopes everyone brings their daughters and sons to see the film to get a sense of the history.

“But I’m not really political,” the charismatic actor admits. You can practically feel the force of her energy. “Though I guess all actors are political. We have to do the schmooze thing, even when we don’t like the project that we’re talking about.”

Not that she feels this way about this film. She loves the character of Castle, a lone female cabinet minister dealing with men who don’t think women can accomplish very much.

Sally Hawkins, who plays one of the leaders of the strike, begins the film feeling that way about herself, and needs to find her voice. Interesting, because it takes Hawkins a bit of time to find the her own words as she talks about the film. She seems to agonize over each one.

“I love that the character goes through the entire film getting stronger and stronger,” says the tiny, almost birdlike actor, who won a Golden Globe for Happy-Go-Lucky. “And I love that I get to play just a regular woman – if there is such a thing, because it’s really important to show what ordinary women can do.”

Read the review of Made In Deganham here.

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