Helen Mirren — who was radiant at Cannes — swears by a 12-minute military workout to stay in shape
- Helen Mirren is known for breaking stereotypes about older women.
- The 77-year-old appeared on the Cannes red carpet with blue hair and a matching gown.
Helen Mirren slayed on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday with a new blue hair-do that matched her gown, after speaking about breaking beauty rules for older women.
Her outfit at the premiere of "Jeanne du Barry," starring Johnny Depp, was the talk of the internet — including her "#WorthIt" fan that people wrongly speculated was a message of support to his ex-wife Amber Heard following their defamation trial.
In an interview with British Vogue before the premiere, the 77-year-old said she likes to break beauty rules by having her hair long despite the unspoken rule for women her age to keep it shorter or tied up.
This is the latest tidbit Mirren, who has been in the public eye for decades, has shared about how she approaches her appearance, as Insider previously reported. In 2014 she said that she follows a 12-minute Royal Canadian Air Force exercise plan from the 1950s to stay in shape.
The XBX (10 basic exercises) workout for women consists of:
- 30 seconds of toe touching/warm-up
- 30 seconds of knee raises
- 30 seconds of arm circling
- 30 seconds of partial sit-ups
- 2 minutes of chest and leg raises
- 1 minute of side leg raises
- 2 minutes of push-ups from a kneeling position
- 1 minute of leg lifts
- 3 minutes of running and hopping
"It is the exercise I have done off and on my whole life. It just very gently gets you fit," Mirren previously said.