Overview
- The clip, believed filmed at the end of 2025, shows the 80-year-old actress walking in Tower Hill with her husband Taylor Hackford when a man approaches them and calls Mirren an "evil Zionist b****" while shouting about her past comments on Israel.
- Officers from the Metropolitan Police said they are reviewing the footage as possible antisemitic verbal abuse and are attempting to contact Mirren and Hackford to establish whether they wish to report the incident formally.
- Taylor Hackford can be heard in the video repeatedly telling the man to "f*** off" as the exchange escalates and Mirren turns away without responding verbally.
- The clip was first shared online by an anonymous account called Anti‑Fascist Action UK and was amplified by citizen‑journalism aggregators, a distribution path that leaves questions about provenance and timing.
- Mirren is not Jewish but has a long public record of support for Israel and has played prominent Jewish figures on screen, campaign groups have condemned the encounter, and the case adds to recent instances of public harassment tied to pro‑Palestine and pro‑Israel tensions.