Kate Winslet and her daughter, Mia, step out in New York City and head to a waiting car on Saturday in New York City.
The 34-year-old actress, who recently separated from husband Sam Mendes, is no longer wearing her wedding ring.
Despite her breakup, Kate is keeping busy with work — production is scheduled to begin next month in New York City on Mildred Pierce, a new HBO miniseries directed by Todd Haynes.
GALLERY LINKS:
• Candids: Getting to the car – March 27
Acting hopefuls lined up Saturday hoping to be seen on the street with actress Kate Winslet — in the 1930s.
Next month she is coming here to film an HBO miniseries remake of Mildred Pierce that is set in that period.
While many donned period clothes, the sight of the casting location, the Paramount Center for the Arts, got professionals and amateurs in the mood.
The theater opened June 26, 1930, and shines from renovations.
From just after 8 a.m. to nearly 2 p.m. Saturday those wanting to be extras in the April 26-30 filming waited for a chance to smile briefly for a casting director.
“We’re coming to shoot in Peekskill,” said Grant Wilfley of Grant Wilfley Casting Inc. “There is wonderful architecture here … and we will need a lot of people for street scenes.”
He will need about 200 actors, though 640 men, women and children showed up. The pay is $88 a day for one or two days. Hairstylists might trim women’s hair to shoulder length and crop men’s hair to fit the style of the times, Wilfley warned. And women of that era did not have highlighted hair, so those with that current style might have to wear a hat or consent to a new color.
Some people already looked as if they had popped in from the 1930s, or thereabouts. Young boys wore knicker-length pants, women in red lipstick donned waist-hugging dresses, and men slicked back their hair and sported narrow ties and classic hats.
Continue reading Hundreds try out in Peekskill for Winslet miniseries
Fresh from her divorce announcement, Kate Winslet was spotted getting out of a taxi cab in New York City on Friday afternoon yesterday.
The Oscar-winning actress chatted away on her cell phone as she emerged from the cab no longer sporting her wedding ring.
Of her split from film director Sam Mendes, Kate’s sister Anna recently spoke with the Mirror telling, “She’s fine. She rings us up. We’re a close family.”
She continued, “We are trying to have a get-together for Easter.”
On the career front, Kate is lined up to begin shooting a new HBO miniseries called Mildred Pierce in April.
GALLERY LINKS:
• Candids: Getting out of a cab – March 26
Would-be actors lined up along Brown Street winding around Division Street this morning hoping to be chosen as an “extra” in the upcoming HBO mini-series Mildred Pierce starring Kate Winslet in the role that won Joan Crawford a Best Actress Oscar. The story is based on the 1941 novel by James Cain.
The story takes place in the 1930s, casting director Grant Wilfley told the candidates who came to the Paramount Center for the Arts, where the casting call was held.
The movie makers expect to film in Peekskill April 26-30 and today were looking to find people to be in street scenes.
Michael Santosuso, 43, from Thornwood, was first on line. He arrived at 8:30 a.m. for the 11 a.m. start time.
“I’ve always been interested in acting, films and the arts so I thought I would try,” said the technology manager who was out of work. He said he has done some commercials and small projects. Today, he added a little extra gel to his short hair so help him look a bit more 1930-ish.
Read more about this casting call in Peekskill tomorrow in The Journal News/Lohud.com
Source: LoHud.com | The Journal News
Kate’s vacation in Mexico came to an end. She was spotted in Mexico City on March 22 while she was saying goodbye to his friends.
Could she be getting prepared to finally begin filming Mildred Pierce? Let’s hope so!
GALLERY LINKS:
• Candids: Leaving Mexico – March 22
She’s currently dealing with the somber fact that her marriage has fallen apart, and Kate Winslet fittingly spoke with press prior to the divorce announcement about dealing with heartbreak.
“I’m no stranger to heartbreak or rejection,” she told OK! magazine. “I’ve always been quite emotional, but when something like that happens, you have to find a way to move on.”
Splitting from Sam Mendes, her husband of seven years, Miss Winslet continued, “I went through that as a teenager. I was always falling for the wrong guy, or I was the girl who never got the guy.”
Meanwhile, insiders tell that Kate and Sam used to fight about their career paths, with a source dishing, “Sam told friends Kate would talk about the film the moment they woke up, and it was overbearing. They went stir-crazy and argued more than ever. Kate told Sam, ‘Your career is not more important than mine.'”
Source: GossipCenter.com
Apparently Kate has signed to play the role of Jane in Which Brings Me To You, the new project from director Susanne Bier! The beautiful English actress will be accompanied by Bradley Cooper in the role of Will, and the talented Natalie Portman. The film is adapted from the novel of the same name.
Summary: two romantic burnouts meet at a wedding and almost consummate their lust before putting the brakes on. They agree to exchange candid confessions about their pasts on the off chance that this might be the real thing.
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