For me, the highlight of the conversation was talking about Whit Stillman. While it was a roundtable interview, I was the one asking about Whit.
If you don’t know his name, he’s directed three great movies (”Metropolitan,” “
Anyway, she did speak about her other upcoming projects and most of you will find those a hell of a lot more interesting than a filmmaker you’ve probably never heard of. So until I get the transcripts done, here’s part of what Kate said.
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Question: How was your experience on Whiteout?
Kate Beckinsale: As far from this as it's possible to be, really. I was a federal marshal in a chic fur hat. That's a Joel Silver movie. You guys (talking to David Gordon Green) are not that similar. You look alike but you're actually not. Yeah, it's more of a- - there's not an opportunity to go as deeply into a character because the character is a cartoon, a comic book. The movie feels much more on those kind of levels that it's much more external than internal. It's a different kind of experience.
Q: What about referring to the graphic novel?
Kate: I'm a big reader so I'm very happy with the written word. I'm an academic geek who likes reading a lot so I love a book. But again, graphic novels, it's nice to have extra resources to play with. Every time you can get your hands on anything that gives you a bit more clue about what you're supposed to do, I don't think actors ever really should know exactly what they're doing.
Q: What's going on with Whit Stillman?
Kate: I heard he's been spotted in
Q: He’s an excellent filmmaker.
Kate: He's a great filmmaker. I had an amazing experience with him but he's definitely a mysterious guy so I don't know.
Q: Can you talk about your characters in the other two upcoming films?
Kate: In Winged Creatures I play a single mother who's a waitress in a diner who witnesses a random shooting murder and becomes affected with post traumatic stress and starts harming her baby. Another light comedy. Then Nothing But the Truth, I play a journalist who exposes somebody she knows as a covert
Q: What was it like working with Rod Lurie?
Kate: Amazing. I've been so lucky. I've played with such great directors this year. I don't know what horoscope that came under. Rod is great, fantastic. He's similar to David in that he's not like you are which is so utterly not possessive about his stuff because he writes his scripts also. That makes you so amazingly respectful of his vision because he is so generous and so wants you to personalize it and color it in. It's such a treat. A great, great experience.
Q: The producer of Underworld says there's room for more sequels after this prequel.
Kate: Oh, did they? That's the first I've heard of it.
Q: Would you be up for it?
Kate: I think what I'd really like, just for women in general, is I'd like to do a Bruce Willis and get to 50 and then do that, but I don't think anyone wants to see my 50-year-old ass. We'll see.
Q: Is there a cameo in the prequel?
Kate: They're shooting it right now. It's in