Helen Mirren stars as Patricia Highsmith in the new film A Talent for Murder, under the direction of Anton Corbijn. Her performance has been described as viperous and spiky. Mirren has said Highsmith the hardest real person she has ever portrayed, emphasizing her difficult personality.
Mirren and Brosnan stood up for actor Tom Hardy following gossip about issues on the set of the television series MobLand. She spoke about the role at the Toronto film festival.