 On 9 April 2008, it was announced that Duncan was to play Thatcher, and filming commenced in summer 2008.Hardy, Fox, Vansittart and Cochrane had all appeared in the 2002 TV production of "The Falklands Play", by Ian Curteis, about an earlier period in Thatcher's premiership; although many political figures were featured in both films, none of the four actors played the same roles in both.Allam, Cochrane, Jones and Sessions would go on to appear in the 2011 film "The Iron Lady" about Thatcher's rise to power, relationship with her husband, and life after politics.