Russell Brand, Helen Mirren team up for ‘Arthur’

LONDON - English actors Russell Brand and Dame Helen Mirren are teaming up again for a remake of the 1981 comedy Arthur.

Mirren has earlier worked with Brand in an upcoming adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, reports The Daily Express.

In Arthur, Mirren will play the role of Hobson, a valet who advises the drunken millionaire playboy, reports EmpireOnline.com.

Sir John Gielgud played Hobson in the original movie and won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

Meryl Streep was tipped as the front runner after producers announced plans to cast a female actress in the role. (ANI)