Kate Winslet Says Crew Member Told Her to ‘Sit Up Straighter’ to Hide Her ‘Belly Rolls’ on Camera; She Fired Back: ‘Not on Your Life! It’s Deliberate’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Kate Winslet revealed in a recent interview with Harper’s Bazaar U.K. that a crew member on her biographical drama “Lee” implied that she should hide her “belly rolls” on camera during the filming of one scene in which the Oscar winner wore a bathing suit.
In the upcoming drama, which debuted at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Winslet stars as the famed World War II photographer and journalist Lee Miller. “There’s a bit where Lee’s sitting on a bench in a bikini,” Winslet said. “And one of the crew came up between takes and said: ‘You might want to sit up straighter.’ So you can’t see my belly rolls?
Not on your life! It was deliberate, you know?” Winslet was then asked if she minds looking “less-than-perfect” on screen, to which she answered: “The opposite.
I take pride in it because it is my life on my face, and that matters. It wouldn’t occur to me to cover that up.” “I think people know better than to say, ‘You might wanna do something about those wrinkles’,” Winslet added. “I’m more comfortable in myself as each year passes.
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