LOS ANGELES Los Angeles: Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet, who will be seen playing legendary photojournalist Lee Miller in the upcoming biopic “Lee”, has spoken about the different standards set for male and female actors. According to deadline.com, Winslet's comments included objecting to a crew member's advice to pull in her stomach to hide her “belly rolls” during a topless scene, and later dismissing her reaction as “bravery”.
Winslet addressed the topic in an interview during the History Channel's “History Talks” at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Saturday. “I love making statements. And actually, I have to say, I'm at the point where I just think, you know what? Life is too short,” she said. “But this is something that's been happening to me quite a lot lately, people say to me, 'Oh my god, so you were so brave in this performance, you didn't wear any makeup, and you look really mean.' And I think, do we say to men, 'You were so brave, you grew a beard?'
“And then another question is, how do you balance being a mom and having a career?'” she added. “Do we say, 'How do you balance being a dad and having a career?' I mean, we have to change that dynamic.” Winslet, who was there to discuss the making of Lee and Miller's remarkable story, was one of many Hollywood celebrities to take part in History Talks, alongside Kevin Costner, Kerry Washington, Eva Longoria and John Legend.
Last month, Winslet spoke about being comfortable in her own skin. The actress refused to be shamed for looking like the 48-year-old mother of two by a crew member on the set of her new film about war photographer Lee Miller, reports mirror.co.uk.
She said: “In one scene, Lee is sitting on a bench in a bikini. And one of the crew came in between shots and said, 'You should probably sit up straight'. So you can't see my tummy bulge? Never in your life! That was done on purpose, you know?” When asked if she minded looking her age on the big screen, she said: “On the contrary. I'm proud of it because it's my life on my face, and that matters. I don't think of it as hiding it.”
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