Category: Interviews/Articles

2007 Jul 13

Route 8 closes for DiCaprio, Winslet movie filming

The stars from Titanic are making a splash in Beacon Falls with filming for their new movie, but it will mean detours for drivers tonight on Route 8.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are filming scenes for their upcoming movie Revolutionary Road.

The movie is based on the novel by Richard Yates. It looks at “a young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s (struggling) to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children”, according to a plot outline on IMDB.com.

There will be a bit of a traffic detour because of shooting. State police say Route 8 between Exits 23 and 24 will be closed from 7:00 p.m. tonight until 5:00 a.m. Friday.

Source: Wnth.com

2007 Jul 11

“Everybody’s Fine”, New Role

By Martin A. Grove

[…] Also on Nunnari’s current development slate is Everybody’s Fine, a remake of the 1990 Italian drama Stanno Tutti Bene that was directed by Giuseppe Tornatore and starred Marcello Mastroianni and won the Ecumenical Jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival as well as being a Palme d’Or nominee. “Everybody’s Fine is a fantastic project. Kirk Jones (Waking Ned Devine) is attached to direct. He wrote the script. It’s one of my dearest pieces of material. (Jones) is an unbelievable filmmaker. He doesn’t make (as many) movies as the audience would prefer. He’s very precise about what he wants to do. He turns down many, many things.

“A couple of years ago we decided to develop this material. We have a fantastic cast, which includes (Robert) De Niro and Kate Winslet and probably (will include other stars). I mean, we’re in the middle of casting, so those things are subject to every negotiation. De Niro and Winslet had a fantastic read through of the script with the director. They loved the material and we’re working on putting it together. De Niro and Winslet definitely want to make this movie.” […]

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

2007 Jul 09

‘Titanic’ couple spotted around Darien, Rowayton

Actors Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio have been seen out and about in our area. The actors, who last worked together in Titanic in 1997, are in the area filming Revolutionary Road, directed by Winslet’s husband, Sam Mendes. Winslet and DiCaprio, who are staying in private homes in Darien, were seen having lunch at River Cat Grill in Rowayton last Sunday with her son and daughter and two female companions and earlier that day shopping at J.Crew in New Canaan. DiCaprio was seen having dinner on the patio of Thataway Cafe in Greenwich on Monday night with actor Ethan Hawke. DiCaprio and crew filmed into the wee hours of the morning last Friday at Dolan Middle School in Stamford.

Source: The Advocate

2007 Jul 08

Welt magazine interview – June 25, 2007

Thanks loads to Ani for sending us the translation for this interview!

Which woman doesn’t have a problem with her figure?

The 5 Oscar nominations reveal that Kate Winslet is, without any doubt, an extraordinary actress. The conversation about children, diets and wrong role-models shows: First of all she’s an extraordinary woman.

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2007 Jul 06

Pedro praises Brit talent

Kate Winslet could be set to star in an adaptation of Ian McEwan’s latest novel – if Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar has anything to do with it.

Pedro, who directed Penélope Cruz in BAFTA-nominated Volver, praised British writing and acting talent and said he’d love to work with the Atonement author, reports The Daily Telegraph.

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2007 Jul 02

DreamWorks film shooting in Trumbull

The Pinewood Lake Association raises the curtain on its artistic roots this summer when the DreamWorks movie, Revolutionary Road, will film scenes here.

The movie, which reunites Titanic stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, will use settings in and near the lake clubhouse next month, according to Harvey Mamrus, president of the recreational community’s Board of Governors.

Mamrus said production officials finished arrangements Monday for the filming, expected to take place over three days the second week in July.

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2007 Jul 01

Kate Winslet: Portrait of a Lady

This is the latest famous name of cinema to lend her face to a fragrance. From September on, she will be the new ambassador of the perfume Trèsor, replacing the Spanish Inés Sastre. She received Yo Dona two weeks ago in Paris, while on a break from shooting her new film with Leonardo DiCaprio, again her co-star 10 years after world-wide successful Titanic.

By Armando Pinedo

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