Mirren is cardboard arm candy

Dame Helen Mirren’s husband Taylor Hackford couldn’t attend the premiere of her new movie Red alone, so he turned up with a life-sized cardboard cut-out of the actor at the event.

Dame Helen Mirren’s husband Taylor Hackford couldn’t attend the premiere of her new movie

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alone, so he turned up with a life-sized cardboard cut-out of the actor at the event.

Mirren was unable to attend the movie’s Hollywood launch on Monday night (11 Oct) due to prior filming commitments, reports

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Her director husband, Hackford, solved the problem by taking a model of his wife to the event instead - he walked the red carpet with his arm around the figure and posed happily for pictures.

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star appears in the new action film alongside Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman.