I think that they both learned from each other and supported each other. As soon as they met, they got on fantastically and they had this wonderful bond. They had met before but didn’t know each other very well.
How would you describe the on-set dynamic between Kate and Saoirse? So, if there was any kind of jeopardy climbing up and then falling down, we felt very prepared. When we came to shoot those beach scenes, we were very, very well prepped, not just in the character but also in the work that the character does. And Kate had already been out on those beaches for weeks and weeks and weeks, working with tools in the cold and rain. So, I’m a big fan of getting actors to actually do the work that they have to do in the film so it feels very natural and authentic. I am a huge fan of preparation, so Kate and I had already worked together for about four or five months prior to the shoot, building this character, this vision of Mary as we saw her from scratch. This was an actor with no vanity who just wants to get it right and wants to inhabit this character, wants to be this person without any worry about what she looks like.ĭid she get pretty banged up during the tumble? What really struck me was the focus that Kate had and the way in which we were able, with great economy, to shoot that scene. On top of that, you’ve got the performance. But you’ve got Kate Winslet who’s then gonna fall down a cliff, and you don’t want to be responsible for killing Kate Winslet. And we never had a stunt double because Kate wanted to do everything herself, which I fully endorsed. The beach disappears when the tide comes in, so we had a very limited amount of time to shoot. There were so many difficult elements to that scene the tide on that particular beach. It’s very early on in the film and it’s with Kate on her own on the beach when she climbs a cliff to excavate what turns out to be a large ammonite and she falls down the cliff and the fossil breaks. So, actors who can play people very, very different from themselves and if we could work together, then we’d be able to create this transformative performance. One of the things I love most in actors is their transformative. And then it becomes a conversation afterwards. I just kind of write the characters as I see them and the world as I see it. I never write with specific actors in mind. But I was a little bit nervous because with God’s Own Country, I worked with young actors who were at the beginning of their careers, and I’d never worked with anybody who had that body of experience.ĭid you write the screenplay with Kate or Saoirse in mind? I was really thrilled because she was my first choice. What was your reaction when Kate signed on? The West Yorkshire native spoke to THR about eschewing stunt doubles and making sure the film’s graphic sex and nudity “tells us something about where those people are at and what is happening within the dynamic of that relationship.” Kevin Spacey Granted Unconditional Bail by London Judge in U.K. Ditto for Winslet, who Lee dubs “the funniest person alive,” adding, “she’s like the person you want to hang out with.” 11 bow of the film due to travel restrictions, instead will be Zooming in for the hybrid premiere. In fact, the 19th century lesbian drama about a fossil hunter whose groundbreaking work was coopted by less deserving men marks this year’s big bet for Neon - the distributor behind last year’s best picture winner Parasite. The resulting movie, Ammonite, marks one of the most anticipated to make its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and is already garnering strong awards season buzz for Lee, Winslet and co-star Saoirse Ronan. Despite having just one film under his belt - the critically acclaimed drama God’s Own Country about an unlikely romance between two young men - Lee was able to entice the Oscar winner, who committed within 24 hours. In October 2018, British director Francis Lee sent Kate Winslet’s agent a screenplay he had just finished writing.
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