“I actually had more costume fittings for The Holiday than I did for Titanic,” said Winslet. Titanic wasn’t her trickiest movie, costume-wise. But, hey, when was the last time you saw a Western centered on a woman who uses fashion as her weapon? We plied Winslet for life lessons on romancing the youngest Hemsworth, acting with emus, and, of course, all those fabulous clothes. The film has received standing ovations at each of its public screenings, although critics have been mixed. Plus, it involves Winslet spending some quality time with Liam Hemsworth’s abs. The tone is more menacing than it sounds - Moorhouse has called it “ Unforgiven with a sewing machine” - and the juxtaposition of all that 1950s glamour against those gnarled bushes and tumbleweeds is striking. The book and film are about a Paris-trained seamstress who returns to her minuscule hometown in desolate southeast Australia, from which she was exiled as a child for allegedly killing a boy - and winds up outfitting the entire female population in couture. We caught up with the actress again last week at the Toronto Film Festival to discuss The Dressmaker, a manic, absurdist Australian comedy-drama from director Jocelyn Moorhouse ( Proof, A Thousand Acres) based on the novel by Rosalie Ham. The last time Vulture talked with Kate Winslet, about her role in the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic, she was drinking rosé while cooking a chicken.
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