Hold on to your seats! Here's the first trailer of Divergent! Enjoy and please let me know your thoughts about it.
You can feel the tense and is indeed action-packed!
Showing posts with label kate winslet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kate winslet. Show all posts
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Saturday, July 20, 2013
First Look of Kate Winslet as Jeanine Matthews in Divergent
Are you excited to see how Kate Winslet transformed into villain-es Jeanine Matthews in Divergent? Well, here you go. Thanks USA Today for the pic and interview.
CHICAGO — As Kate Winslet descends the stairs in the Hall of Choosing during a scene from the action-adventure tale Divergent, she carries a slim briefcase in front of her, which has multiple uses.
Given that she’s wearing a sharp, lab-coat-inspired executive suit, the accessory further projects the image of a true leader as Winslet’s character serenely inspects the assembled masses.
As soon as director Neil Burger yells “cut!,” Winslet employs the container for another use — as a fan on the stifling set of Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, which has broken air conditioners. As she flaps, she reveals that the case also disguises a baby bump — she announced in early June that she’s having her third child, the first with husband Ned Rocknroll.
“I’m holding up fine. I’m pregnant, but it’s not at the point where it becomes impossible,” says Winslet, 37, relaxing at a conference table with bags of nearly melted ice on her feet. “Sometimes you just have to roll with it.”
That’s just what Winslet does in the pivotal role of Jeanine Matthews in the film adaptation (out March 21) of the first novel in Veronica Roth’s best-selling Divergent trilogy.
Jeanine is the protector of a futuristic dystopian society based in Chicago, in which the population is divided into five factions. As the leader of the Erudite, or intelligent group, Jeanine is also the story’s antagonist.
Winslet’s character adopts a positively chilly demeanor when she meets hero Tris Prior (The Descendants‘ Shailene Woodley) and her family in a scene depicting the day Tris will choose her faction.
“That’s the whole point of Jeanine,” Winslet says. “She walks down the corridor and sort of just leaves this vapor trail. I knew I had to bring that intimidation.”
The role gives the Oscar winner (best actress for 2008′s The Reader) the opportunity to play her first screen villain.
“I’m no idiot. The idea went through my head that I have never played a baddie before,” she says. “I was almost kind of surprised.”
The pregnancy helped maintain the intimidation factor, since Winslet came into the shoot late. She used that distance from her co-stars to her advantage by keeping herself slightly aloof initially.
“I wanted to break it and say, ‘It’s OK, I’m really fun. I promise.’ ” she says. “But I thought, just for today, I’d let them think that I am a complete bitch.”
Burger says Winslet is game for every aspect of the shoot, even volunteering to perform a small fall in her character’s fight scene. (He used a stunt double.) Wardrobe changes were needed to accommodate the pregnancy, and Winslet’s time on set is closely managed.
“Obviously, we have to be careful, and the way we shoot her changes things,” Burger says. “But there’s a way to do it so we stay off the fact she is pregnant.”
Even the die-hard fans of the series, who have nitpicked about things such as Woodley’s hair color, have been “exploding with joy” with the news of Winslet’s casting, Roth says. Watching from the monitor, Roth feels Winslet even exceeds the hype.
“Kate has gone with a very subtle, even well-meaning villain. She’s not a mustache-twirling Disney type,” she says. “She brings the menace in a very quiet way.”
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Kate Winslet is Indeed Jeanine Matthews in Divergent (Official & Confirmed)
People from Summit has confirmed few weeks ago that Kate Winslet is on board for the movie adaptation of Veronica Roth's book Divergent, however, the role was not stated. A lot have speculated that she might get the part of Jeanine while others think she could play Tris' mother. Now, to shut the rumor mill and guesses, Veronica Roth confirmed on her blog that she will play Jeanine Matthews, the leader of the faction Erudite. She will make Tris' life miserable, really!
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So what do you think of Kate Winslet as Jeanine? For me, when I first heard about having Kate Winslet on the Divergent, I automatically pictured her as Jeanine. There's something intimidating about her. I saw her in Titanic and she's doing great. I know she totally pull it off.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The Hollywood Reporter (THR) Confirms Kate Winslet on the Divergent Movie, Role Still Unspecified
The Hollywood Reporter or THR has confirmed in their article that Kate Winslet is on board to be part of the movie adaptation of Veronica Roth's dystopian novel "Divergent." The statement was from Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer, quoting that:
“We have a great cast, rapidly taking shape,” Feltheimer said, pointing to Shailene Woodley and Kate Winslet already on board.
THR also confirmed that production will start by April of this year.
To read more about THR's article, you can read it here.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Kate WInslet in Talks for a Divergent Movie Role
According to Variety, Kate Winslet is in talks for a role in the movie adaptation of Veronica Roth's dystopian YA novel entitled "Divergent." The role has not been identified.
NOTE: This is purely a rumor and is not official. I guess we'll find that out if she's really cast in the movie. The only official cast is Shailene Woodley, who will play the female lead Tris.
Divergent will be released on March 21, 2014 and will be directed by Neil Burger from the script penned by Evan Daugherty.
What's your thoughts about this rumor? I am guessing Kate Winslet might play Jeanine.
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