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relishing the experience of playing this character? Oh, she relished it all the time. Actually, the great thing about Miss Shepherd was that she was magnificent in her refusal to acknowledge that any help was being given to her. [Her life] was a pretty wretched one but it was the life that she was determined to live and she lived it on her terms and she never said, “Thank you.” She was never gracious and she was often cantankerous and aggressive. And Maggie relished playing that. She relished Miss Shepherd’s refusal to give an inch as much as she relished…freewheeling

And he writes with such an incredibly accurate ear that, to compete with his ear -- and his inimitable way of putting the English language together -- is a pretty perilous thing to do. But there are plenty of opportunities where you are away from the big confrontations and it was perfectly possible to go where the situation seems to lead you.

down the hill in her wheelchair.

What was it like filming in Camden Town, the neighborhood where these events originally occurred?Were the current residents accommodating? They were very accommodating. Although I think they had mixed feelings when they saw the van reappear. The two vans we used – actually, there were four vans, in total – were exactly the models that she had. So when the van reappeared… I think that was pretty horrifying for the many neighbours who remembered her. But, no, they were well up for it.

There’s a great moment in the film where we see the usually

cantankerous Miss Shepherd gleefully splashing a fresh coat of paint on her van.Was there a moment making this film where you recall Maggie similarly

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