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A little update on that Kate Winslet/Vivienne Westwood rumour for you – apparently it is true. The actress has been confirmed by Westwood’s label to play the designer in an upcoming biopic.
“The script is going well and Kate will play Vivienne,” a spokesperson said. “It has been a long time in the planning but we’re very excited that it’s happening.”
Once a script has been finalised, Winslet is expected to spend time with Dame Westwood, in order to get the most out of her performance. The film is said to follow the designer’s success from her punk days to now.
Source: Catwalk Queen
2008 Oct 05
First Look at Kate Winslet in “The Reader”
Sasha at Awards Daily has come across the first still for the Weinstein Co.’s The Reader starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes.
The film has drummed up some controversy lately, but an agreed upon release of December 12 was decided and Kate will now compete against herself for some Oscar recognition between Reader and Revolutionary Road.
The Reader is based on the Bernhard Schlink novel of the same name and directed by Stephen Daldry who directed Nicole Kidman to an Oscar for The Hours in 2002. The film is a romantic drama set against the landscape of post-war Germany involving a 15 year-old boy and a 30-year-old woman. The affair suddenly ends only to have the two meet again eight years later under completely different circumstances.
Source: RopeofSilicon.com
2008 Oct 04
Kate set to play style icon Viv
KATE WINSLET is to play designer VIVIENNE WESTWOOD in an upcoming biopic.
The Titanic actress has been cast as the fashion icon for the Universal film about her life from the Seventies to the present.
Quirky Vivienne who has been credited with rewriting the rules of taste, will meet Kate to talk about the movie when the script is finished.
A source said: “Vivienne is a British icon and it was about time a film was made about her. Fashionistas all over the world adore her.”
“Not only is she an amazing designer, she’s also an incredible character. She has managed to lead a real rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle without destroying her talent.”
“The script will be easy to write because her life is packed full of stories.”
“Kate Winslet is an excellent choice to play Vivienne. She’ll be fantastic.”
The self-taught designer — who made her name by bringing punk fashions to the mainstream — used to own the Sex fashion boutique on London’s Kings Road in the Seventies along with her second husband and SEX PISTOLS manager MALCOLM McLAREN.
She now runs one of the most successful fashion houses in the world with a chain of exclusive shops including those in London, Manchester and Liverpool.
A Vivienne Westwood spokesman confirmed: “The script is going well and Kate will play Vivienne. It has been a long time in planning but we’re very excited that it’s happening.”
Source: The Sun
2008 Oct 01
Winslet to play Vivienne Westwood
Kate Winslet is being lined up to play Vivienne Westwood in a biopic about the legendary fashion designer’s life.
Overheard front row at Westwood’s Gold Label fashion show in Paris last night, the designer’s managing director, Carlo D’Amario, told guests: “Kate Winslet will play Vivienne from the 70s to the present day.”
It’s thought Universal will produce the film, which is sure to be a big hit with London’s fashion crowd.
There’s no confirmation yet from either Winslet’s people, nor Universal for that matter, but we can’t wait to see Kate take on Britain’s favourite fashion face.
Wonder if she’ll dare recreate Vivienne’s Buckingham Palace flashing incident?
Source: Marie Claire
2008 Sep 29
“Reader” release is set
The Oscar race just got more interesting.
The Weinstein Co. will release the Scott Rudin-produced postwar tale The Reader this year after all, resolving a long-brewing drama between two of the prestige world’s most well-known figures and giving a longtime awards player like Harvey Weinstein a potential buzz candidate.
In a joint statement on Sunday, Rudin and Weinstein said that Stephen Daldry’s period love story told against the backdrop of a war-crimes trial would come out on Dec. 12, in keeping with the plan that for months Weinstein had supported and Rudin had resisted.
