Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is an English film and stage director, producer and screenwriter. In theatre, he is known for his dark re-inventions of the stage musicals Cabaret (1994), Oliver! (1994), Company (1995), and Gypsy (2003). He directed an original West End stage musical for the first time with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013).
For directing the play The Ferryman, Mendes was awarded the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 2019.
Melanie Lynskey Says Losing Touch With ‘Heavenly Creatures’ Co-Star Kate Winslet Was ‘Heartbreaking’ And ‘So Painful’
etcanada.comMelanie Lynskey admitted losing touch with Kate Winslet was “heartbreaking.” The pair starred in the 1994 flick “Heavenly Creatures” together when they were younger, and became close.
However, with Winslet going on to star in blockbusters like the “Titanic”, while Lynskey also had her own successful acting career, the pair lost touch.
In a new episode of Josh Horowitz’s “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Lynskey said: “When I lost touch with Kate, it was more heartbreaking than some breakups that I’ve had. “It was so painful and it wasn’t like anything happened, it’s just she became a gigantic, international movie star and she didn’t have a lot of time and then, suddenly, she’d be in Los Angeles and not have time,” she added. READ MORE: Melanie Lynskey And Jason Ritter Leave Drew Barrymore Stunned Tearfully Discussing His Alcoholism Insisting that them losing touch just “gradually happened,” the “Yellowjackets” star added, “It happens in relationships.
People kind of drift apart, but that was so painful for me.” She said the last time she saw Winslet was probably at the premiere of her 2009 film “Away We Go”, which Winslet’s then-husband, Sam Mendes, directed.
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