Here Kate talks about Revolutionary Road and The Reader and her hopes for an Oscar in 2009.
In Revolutionary Road she stars opposite Leonardo DiCaprio for the first time since Titanic. Husband Sam Mendes is in the directors seat for this film. She also talks about The Reader, the new movie from director Stephen Daldry.
Kate Winslet on why she’s finally happy with her figure - and how she’s done it
Kate Winslet wowed everyone with her stunning new figure when she squeezed in to a Herve Leger bandage dress at a recent premiere in New York.
But the star has revealed her fantastic new physique was honed by shunning the gym and giving up her regular swims to do a pilates DVD at home in front of the TV.
‘I just don’t have the time or the inclination to go out and work up a sweat,’ she says. ‘I don’t have a trainer or anyone bossing me about. I prefer to do my own thing, in private, with some hand weights. I’ve stopped all diet and exercise fads. There’s just no point’.
MOVIE star Eva Mendes is one of Hollywood’s most sultry actresses – yet she admits she’s envious of Kate Winslet.
However, the 34-year-old Hitch star says it’s not Kate’s perfect size 12 physique she covets – but the film parts she gets.
Eva says: ‘I would steal Kate Winslet’s roles. All her roles. Don’t talk to me about it because she can do no wrong in my eyes.’ Eva says she greatly admires the acting skills of the 33-year-old British star, who has been nominated for an Oscar five times and is tipped for two more nominations for her roles in The Reader and Revolutionary Road, in which she acts with Leonardo DiCaprio for the first time since 1997’s Titanic.
‘Not only is she the most amazing actress in the entire world, she’s nude in a lot of her films which shows she’s just fearless.’ Eva added. ‘Her choices are impeccable. She literally can do anything. If she can just give me two of her roles, I’d be happy.’
Eva, who is dating producer George Gargurevich and appearing in new movie The Spirit, is obviously a fan of Brits.
She recently revealed that she has a crush on Oasis star Liam Gallagher and loves comic Benny Hill.
SOURCE: Mail on Sunday, Sunday January 4th 2009; Katie Nicholl
I saw an advance screening of Revolutionary Road in Beverly Hills, CA this evening (December 14th). A Q&A session followed the screening with Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn, and screenwriter Justin Haythe. Photos from the Q&A are attached to this report.
Revolutionary Road is a story that you won’t be able to shake easily. The film will stick in your head and leave you to contemplate what has just happened on the screen before you. Richard Yates gives us the story of Frank and April Wheeler, the seemingly perfect suburbia couple. We soon find out their marriage is teetering on the edge of a collapse as they are overwhelmed by the fact that they have each made the wrong choices in their lives.
Once again Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio come together with great chemistry, pulling the best out of each other. This is a heavy film with emotionally complex characters, I’m not sure I could think of any two actors that could pull off the roles of Frank and April Wheeler like Leonardo and Kate did.
“Truth is usually in singular - Lies always come in plural.” I’m not sure who said that, but it is a notion that sums up this film.
Michael Shannon shinned in his role as the clinically insane son of Kathy Bates character; John Givings. Bates and Shannon both deliver humorous scenes to this heavy storyline, although there are times when you see the sadness and desperation in their characters as well. Michael Shannon’s character, John Givings, is the truth in this film. Although clinically insane, he can see through everyone’s lies and does the unthinkable; he forces everyone face their own truth.
I guarantee you will not be singing “My Heart Will Go On” after seeing this film. But you won’t be disappointed with this little film gem.
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