Martin McDonagh hails `strong female character` in Three Billboards
(WorldNews Entertainment)

London Irish writer-director Martin McDonagh has hailed the leading character in his Golden-Globe nominated film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, saying she is "one of the strongest characters I've ever written". The film stars Oscar-winner Frances McDormand as Mildred Hayes, a grieving mother whose daughter has been murdered. She bemoans the lack of progress in the investigation and "goes to war with her local police department", which is headed by Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell. Martin McDonagh says he wrote leading role for Frances...