Actress Helen Mirren Gushes over Hillary’s ‘Enormous Intelligence’

‘She’s a lioness of a kind’

Actress Helen Mirren Gushes Over Hillary's 'Enormous Intelligence,' 'Brilliance' (NewsBusters)

Appearing in a pre-recorded interview on Sunday's Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, English actress Helen Mirren -- known for portraying the part of Queen Elizabeth II -- lavishly praised Hillary Clinton as someone with "enormous intelligence," "brilliance," and a "very, very, very fast-moving" brain.

And, although she ended up hedging on whether she would actually vote for Clinton if she could, Mirren declared that it would be "absolutely fantastic" if a woman were elected President next year because she believes it would give a boost to actresses looking for more distinguished characters to play.

As she discussed the traditional difficulty of actresses to find work as they age, Mirren brought up the possibility of a Clinton presidency.

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