Watch Helen Mirren keep her chill in this sexist interview from the '70s

LONDON -- A resurfaced clip of Helen Mirren being interviewed in 1975 has gone viral, proving that the Academy Award-winning actress is -- and always has been -- one hell of a badass.

The interview first went viral in 2008, but a recent clip -- posted on Facebook by Babe -- has gone viral, gaining over 7.5 million views.

The clip shows a 30-year-old Mirren being interviewed by Michael Parkinson about her acting career. During the interview, Mirren -- already an an established stage actress and member of the Royal Shakespeare Company -- was on the receiving end of some unabashed sexism.

Here are her cool-as-a-cucumber answers to the most awkward questions from the interview.

'How dare you?'

The interview gets off to an unfortunate start when Parkinson introduces Mirren as a “sex queen,” before asking her if her figure held her back in her career.

"You are in quotes a "serious actress"," he says.

"In quotes? What do you mean 'in quotes?' How dare you?" Mirren replies.

In an effort to explain his remarks, Parkinson explains that "serious actress" is "a sort of cliche that people say: a "serious actress" as opposed to an "unserious actress."

Right.

'Explain what you mean by my equipment.'

It didn't end there, however.

Parkinson moves on from his bizarre reflection on "serious" and "unserious actresses," and focuses his attention on Mirren's "physical attributes."

"Do you find in fact that what could best be described as your equipment hinders you in that pursuit?" Parkinson asks a puzzled Mirren.

"I'd like you to explain what you mean by "my equipment"," says Mirren.

"Well, your physical attributes," mumbles Parkinson.

'My fingers?'

"You mean my fingers?" asks Mirren, maintaining her calm demeanour.

Parkinson's next response made his meaning a little clearer.

"No I meant your....", Parkinson trails off as he looks at her breasts.

"The question was: do you find that your figure -- your physical attributes that people always go on about -- hinder you in your pursuit of being a successful actress?" Parkinson says.

'Because serious actresses can't have big bosoms?'

"A successful and serious actress," Mirren repeats, her tone changing somewhat. "Because serious actresses can't have big bosoms. Is that what you mean?" she asks.

"Well, I think that they might sort of detract from a performance if you know what I mean," was Parkinson's fumbled response.

"Really? Err, I can't think that can necessarily be true. I mean, what a crummy performance if people are obsessed with the size of your bosom or anything else," Mirren says.

"I would hope that the performance, the play and the living relationship between all the people on stage and all the people in the audience overcome such boring questions," Mirren says.

Parkinson, however, was more interested in Mirren's insulting remark about the quality of his questions.

"Boring questions?" he asks.

"Pretty boring in the end," Mirren confirms.

And that, people, is how it's done.

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