After being shelved for two years, Woody Allen’s “A Rainy Day in New York” will finally land in U.S. theatres next month.
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Kate Winslet has admitted she regrets working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski, describing Hollywood’s regard for the directors as “disgraceful”.
Allen, 84, was accused of molesting his adopted daughter, an allegation he vehemently denies, while Polanski pleaded guilty to the rape of a 13-year-old girl.
Polanski, who fled the United States in 1978, won the best director Oscar in 2003 and was given a standing ovation in his absence.
British actress Winslet, 44, has worked with both men,
After being shelved for two years, Woody Allen’s “A Rainy Day in New York” will finally land in U.S. theatres next month.
Kate Aurthur editorDuring an interview at Variety’s virtual studio at the Toronto International Film Festival, Kate Winslet — who stars in the festival’s lesbian romance “Ammonite” — elaborated on the regrets she recently expressed about working with directors Woody Allen and Roman Polanski.
Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerKate Winslet said she is “grappling” with regrets over working with film directors Woody Allen and Roman Polanski, both accused of sexual misconduct with minors.“It’s like, what the fuck was I doing working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski? It’s unbelievable to me now how those men were held in such high regard, so widely in the film industry and for as long as they were. It’s fucking disgraceful.
Kate Winslet has finally denounced disgraced directors Woody Allen and Roman Polanski!
Kate Winslet has a new movie called Ammonite premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday. In a free and candid conversation with Vanity Fair Winslet opened up about her experiences as an actress, getting into character, and some awful things she’s seen on set.
Vanity Fair Friday that the #MeToo movement and working with director Francis Lee on “Ammonite” made her more aware of how women are portrayed in films and that she wishes she had spoken up on previous projects throughout her career.“It’s like, what the f— was I doing working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski? It’s unbelievable to me now how those men were held in such high regard, so widely in the film industry and for as long as they were. It’s f–ing disgraceful,” she told Vanity Fair.
It’s pretty crazy to think that it’s been more than 25 years since Kate Winslet had her breakout role in the film, “Heavenly Creatures.” Over that time span, she’s won an Oscar (along with various other prestigious awards), she’s starred in one of the biggest films of all time (“Titanic”), and a number of other acclaimed features that have gained her the status of being one of the very best performers in the industry.
The New York Times and The New Yorker, dozens of famous women—and men—came forward with their own stories of sexual harassment, both at the hands of Weinstein and others. For the first time ever, it feels like sexual assault survivors are actually being heard and their perpetrators are receiving consequences for their actions.But there's one exception here: Woody Allen.
Kate Winslet regrets a couple of the credits on her extensive acting résumé: Wonder Wheel, the 2017 film directed by Woody Allen, and Carnage, Roman Polanski’s 2011 dramedy.“It’s like, what the f** was I doing working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski?” Winslet said in an interview published Thursday in Vanity Fair.“It’s unbelievable to me now how those men were held in such high regard, so widely in the film industry and for as long as they were. It’s f****** disgraceful.
Carnage in 2011, before going on to work with Allen on 2017’s Wonder Man.In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Winslet asked: “What the fuck was I doing [working with them]?”Winslet explained it was “unbelievable” that both directors “were held in such high regard, so widely in the film industry and for as long as they were”.“It’s fucking disgraceful,” she added.Allen was previously accused of molesting his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow, when she was just seven in the home of his then-wife,
Despite starring in iconic films and playing famous characters over several decades, Kate Winslet isn't pleased with all of the professional choices she's made. In an interview with Vanity Fair, the Oscar winner, 44, opened up about her time in front of the camera, including her collaborations with directors Woody Allen and Roman Polanski -- both of whom have been marred by accusations of sexual misconduct.
Kate Winslet has worked with two of the most acclaimed-yet-controversial filmmakers in Hollywood, and admits it’s now something she “regrets.”
Kate Winslet is opening up with how she feels about working with controversial directors Woody Allen and Roman Polanski, years after their movies were released.
telling Vanity Fair this week, “It’s like, what the f - - k was I doing working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski?”“It’s unbelievable to me now how those men were held in such high regard, so widely in the film industry and for as long as they were,” she added. “It’s f - - king disgraceful.”“And I have to take responsibility for the fact that I worked with them both,” Winslet continued.
Eli Countryman Kate Winslet has worked with both Woody Allen and Roman Polanski. Looking back, she questions why the film industry — herself included — ever even supported the men.In an interview with Vanity Fair ahead of the “Ammonite” premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the star opened up about her regrets and how she’s learned to speak up for herself on set.
Titanic actress Kate Winslet has been taking the coronavirus pandemic very seriously from the beginning and recently she revealed the reason why. The 44-year-old actress, who played an epidemiologist in 2011’s Contagion, said the movie made her hyper-aware of the current pandemic when the virus started spreading in China and Europe.
Kate Winslet revealed she and "Ammonite" co-star Saoirse Ronan took their sex scene very seriously. So much so, the two actresses "choreographed" it themselves. Winslet explained to The Hollywood Reporter that the film's director, Francis Lee, was "nervous" about how the scene would look.