'Lady' as well as the champion

NY, NY - DECEMBER 13: Sophistication Gummer and Mammie Gummer attend the "The Iron Lady" NY premiere after party within the Royalton Hotel on December 13, 2011 in NY City. (Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage) Abi Morgan and Phyllida Lloyd flank "Iron Lady" producer Damian Manley. Meryl Streep provides her political platform. A movie premiere is certainly a strange place to produce a political career, but that didn't stop "The Iron Lady" helmer Phyllida Lloyd from throwing her weight behind Meryl Streep. "Meryl for leader!" Lloyd excited just before the film's Gotham premiere Tuesday within the Ziegfeld.Streep, who nailed Britain's polarizing Pm Margaret Thatcher, mentioned she favors to order her political ambitions for your bigscreen. "Over my dead body!" she quipped of Lloyd's suggestion. Still, if she did choose to possess a run at office, the decorated thesp features a unique platform: "My platform might be heels. I'd work on platform heels. They're much better than stilettos."Film author Abi Morgan made clear the film's appeal, particularly for your preem's female-heavy crowd, which incorporated trailblazers Billie Jean King, Gloria Steinem and Christiane Amanpour."Meryl which i laugh and say it's 'King Lear' for ladies,Inch mentioned Morgan. Meanwhile, revelers embarked 10 blocks for the Royalton with an after-party, where the usual blood stream pudding and meat pies were transformed with shrimp, burgers and grilled veggies. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com