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Kate Winslethas powerful words to share about how actresses are often portrayed on screen.
In a candid interview withThe Guardian, the 46-year-old actress discussed the strong backlash she received over the appearance of her character inMare of Easttown.
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“The discussion about how Mare looked blew my mind,” she said.
“People were asking, ‘Did she gain weight? Didn’t she look frumpy? Wasn’t that brave of her?’ But why should that be brave? I suppose because it’s not how leading actresses are represented. Maybe Mare will be the tipping point, and we’re going to stop scrutinizing women on screen quite so much.”
In the interview, Winslet also discussed how important it is to make sure actors resemble their characters in every possible way, which is one of the reasons she rarely wore makeup while filming the award-winning miniseries.
“She would have been driving her grandson to and from kindergarten, feeding him breakfast on the fly. I know what the floor in the back of my own car looks like – there’s crushed cereal, with bowls and spoons clinking around, because we’ve had breakfast on the school run. You’re sitting on crumbs which are so embedded in the seat it would take a f…… blowtorch to get them out!”
Throughout the pandemic the show has seen mass success and reached critical acclaim. There is also speculation that the making of season 2 ofMare of Easttownis being considered.
Aftertaking home an Emmy Awardfor her role in in September, Winslet teased the possibility of the series returning for a second season.
“I honestly don’t have a clear answer,” Winslet toldE! News. “I mean, there have been conversations about it, of course, because the success of the show really did surprise us all. And then somehow, it became this cultural moment, this zeitgeist moment, that captured people’s attention in a really remarkable way.”
source: people.com
