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    Lesley Manville

    Jul 08, 2022 2 minutes

    HERE ARE FILMS THAT ARE JUST SO DELIGHTFUL, THEY’RE NOT JUST FAN-tastic, they’re fantastical. (July 15) is just that, and Lesley Manville, playing the title character Ada Harris, turns in a magical performance as a 1950s British widow whose life mission becomes a Dior is in high demand; she’ll next be seen as Princess Margaret in Netflix’s “It is so oozing with excellence in every department.” Known for her many collaborations with celebrated director Mike Leigh she credits him for avoiding typecasting. “It’s why I’m playing Mrs. Harris while I am playing Princess Margaret, those two completely different ends of the social scale. That’s due to Mike.”

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