Helen Mirren (best known for her Academy Award-winning performance in The Queen) goes guns blazing in her next film Red.
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While her co-stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich are known for their amazing action sequences, this is the veteran actress' first such outing. She tells Tushar Joshi why she took up the challenge.

Why do you think comic book characters are such a creative basis for film and TV?
Comic book characters remind viewers of their growing up days and hence, audiences are able to identify with these characters. Most kids grow up reading comic books. It is d ufffdj vu to see the same character, larger than life, portrayed on film and TV. The use of comic book characters, as a strategy, has been successful in the past. I am sure this would also be the case for Red.