Helen Mirren tackles role of crime novelist in new movie ‘A Talent For Murder’

It s the spookiest time of the year. But that doesn t mean every movie has to be about horror. Some can be about something even more sinister: Murder or, you know, the perfect crime! Deco s solving a movie mystery with Helen Mirren and the cast of A Talent for Murder. If the pen is mightier than the sword, then Helen Mirren is deadly in A Talent for Murder. The legendary actress is dressing the part, playing a fictionalized version of crime author Patricia Highsmith, and she tells Deco clothes were the key to unlocking the mystery of who she was. Helen Mirren: Patricia Highsmith wore very masculine; she literally wore men s shirts and men s trousers. And there was no attempt at any kind of femininity whatsoever. Which was kind of a challenge for the dame, because Helen Mirren: I m quite a feminine sort of woman in my own world. I love a corset and makeup and flair, and I love high heels. I love all of that. She says the only way to get it right was to Hel