The North of England hates Margaret Thatcher almost unreservedly. Seriously. Being a Tory in Ultra-Labourite Manchester is akin to being a leper. A leper who likes the music of James Blunt. A James Blunt loving leper in a Liverpool FC shirt.
And so, when Meryl Streep appeared randomly at Freya and Graham McAnally’s wedding at Manchester town hall, you’d have to assume only one thing…
…that locals gathered ’round Streep, figured she was the closest thing they’d get to seeing Thatcher in the flesh, and kicked her to death.
According to the Daily Mail, Freya and Graham were tying the knot at Manchester Town Hall on the same day as Streep was filming scenes for Thatcher biopic, The Iron Lady.
What a way to have your special day utterly ruined.
Freya said:
‘It was all very surreal – Meryl Streep was standing there dressed as Margaret Thatcher. It almost feels like it didn’t happen. I thought it was amazing, the last thing you expect is an A-List celebrity at your wedding.’
Ah yes! That’s right! It wasn’t actually Thatcher! It’s nice Meryl Streep who was just dressed up as one of the most appalling humans ever spat out of an unfortunate vagina.
And it wasn’t just Streep. The cast and crew were filming at Manchester Town Hall because it looks a bit like the inside of the Houses of Parliament. Alongside the Oscar winning actress was Jim Broadbent (playing Denis Thatcher) and Richard E Grant (playing Michael ‘Withnail’ Heseltine).
The cast and crew clubbed together and gave the couple a card, champagne, flowers, a glass vase and a copy of the film’s call sheet for the day.
Graham, not missing a beat, worried that a bunch of Hollywood stars might upstage his wedding, said:
‘It turned out to be to our advantage as there were more lights around and the town hall had been given an extra clean for the filming.’
And then the locals barged in dressed as miners and kicked Meryl Streep to death.
Possibly.