The Debt's Helen Mirren Bares All To Esquire

Helen Mirren is filled with secrets in her upcoming star turn in John Madden's The Debt. But for Cal Fussman's piece in Esquire Magazine "Helen Mirren: What I've Learned," she is filled with answers. She responds to the burning issues of the time, like drinking tea, Shakespeare and how to die on stage....

Helen Mirren is filled with secrets in her upcoming star turn in John Madden's The Debt. But for Cal Fussman's piece in Esquire Magazine "Helen Mirren: What I've Learned," she is filled with answers. She responds to the burning issues of the time, like drinking tea, Shakespeare and how to die on stage.

It's hard to stop breathing, and inevitably you get an itchy nose or something. The trick of dying onstage is to make sure you do it behind the sofa or in a dark corner.