Kate Winslet reveals she stopped Mare of Easttown director Craig Zobel from cutting out a ‘bulgy bit of belly’ in a sex scene: ‘Don’t you dare!’
Kate Winslet revealed she fought to keep an unflattering sex scene with her Mare of Easttown costar Guy Pearce, which exposed a ‘bulgy bit of belly.’
In order to realistically portray a middle-aged woman in her new HBO limited series, the 45-year-old Oscar winner said her character is ‘a fully functioning, flawed woman with a body and a face that moves in a way that is synonymous with her age.’
‘I think we’re starved of that a bit,’ she said of the scarcity of unfiltered and realistic female bodies on film and television during an interview with the New York Times.
Striving for authenticity: Kate Winslet revealed she fought to keep an unflattering sex scene with her Mare of Easttown costar Guy Pearce, which exposed a ‘bulgy bit of belly’ (seen in 2017)
While acknowledging her ‘unglamorous’ appearance in the show may be surprising to some viewers, she said she turned down director Craig Zobel’s offer to edit out ‘a bulgy bit of belly.’
‘Don’t you dare,’ she recalled telling him after he assured her the angle wouldn’t air.
Additionally, she raised eyebrows for sending back the series’ promo poster twice ‘because it was too retouched’ and she knows how ‘many lines’ she really has by the sides of her eyes.
Unfiltered: The 45-year-old Oscar winner said her character is ‘a fully functioning, flawed woman with a body and a face that moves in a way that is synonymous with her age’
‘I think we’re starved of that a bit,’ she said of the scarcity of unfiltered and realistic female bodies on film and television during an interview with the New York Times
Winslet, who turns 46 in four months, also noted her ‘days are getting a little bit numbered of doing nudity.’
‘I’m just not that comfortable doing it anymore. It’s not even really an age thing, actually. There comes a point where people are going to go, ‘Oh, here she goes again,’ she explained to the outlet.
Previously, the actress said she got ‘very fit’ for the role since she had to do ‘a lot of running’ in the show.
No retouching: While acknowledging her ‘unglamorous’ appearance in the show may be surprising to some viewers, she said she turned down director Craig Zobel’s offer to edit out ‘a bulgy bit of belly’
‘It’s nice to sense that Mare was once strong in her youth, but I didn’t want to make her an impossible, superhuman forty-something-year-old,’ she told Emmy Magazine last month.
She added: ‘Mostly women aren’t like that. We do what we can in the midst of the juggle of everything else.’
As for the possibility of her returning to play Detective Mare Sheehan again, the star told TV Line she would love the opportunity.
Taking a stand: The star also sent back the series’ promo poster twice ‘because it was too retouched’ and she knows how ‘many lines’ she actually has by the sides of her eyes
No longer comfortable: Winslet, who turns 46 in four months, also noted her ‘days are getting a little bit numbered of doing nudity’
Hard work: Previously, the actress said she got ‘very fit’ for the role since she had to do ‘a lot of running’ in the show
‘I miss her. I really do. It’s the strangest thing. I feel like I’m in mourning,’ Winslet said. ‘It was an absolutely wonderful role.’
HBO is still calling Mare of Easttown a limited series, and they intend to have it compete in the Limited Series category at the Emmy Awards this year.
The show follows Detective Mare Sheehan, a local Easttown detective who is investigating a young girl’s murder, also starring Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart and Angourie Rice.
Role of a lifetime: HBO is still calling Mare of Easttown a limited series, and they intend to have it compete in the Limited Series category at the Emmy Awards this year; seen in 2016
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