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Dame Helen Mirren Shows You How to Ride the Subway

So, remember how Tom Hanks just, like, lounged around the New York City subway like a house cat? Well, here is Dame Helen Mirren, spotted by an Instagram user who kept their wits about them, demonstrating exceptional subway etiquette. Even though there is clearly ample space around her, Mirren has her bag on her lap, and she is not weird about sitting next to another human being. (More often than not, it is the gesture of creating space that is important.) And we would just like to note that her coat game is. On. Point. The MTA should just ditch its courtesy ads for this photo of La Mirren.

Helen Mirren Shows You How to Ride the Subway