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Sarah El-Mahmoud

Helen Mirren Didn’t Want To Play A Dying Woman In Netflix’s Goodbye June, But Kate Winslet Told Us What Convinced Her

Helen Mirren laying down in a hospital bed smiling (but looking sick) as June and Kate Winslet as her daughter Julia next to her smiling in Goodbye June .

The Christmas movie schedule is typically chock full of cozy movies with fun activities like drinking hot chocolate and doing holiday-themed crafts. Sometimes, however, we get a movie with a little more depth over the holiday season, as happened with Netflix's new schedule entry Goodbye June. The sweet film stars Helen Mirren and Kate Winslet (who also directed), but things could have gone very differently when Mirren admitted she didn't "want to play" the part.

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