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Why Kate Winslet Was Terrified to Play Her New Role in ‘The Regime’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Kate Winslet's uses a well known technique called method acting,
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Speaker 2: which involves an actor trying to live is the character
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Speaker 2: to a certain degree, even off camera. It also involves
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Speaker 2: researching a historical time period or people similar to the character,
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Speaker 2: but Kate couldn't do any of that. For her new show,
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Speaker 2: The Regime, she plays the rule of a fictional European country.
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Speaker 2: She tells Indie Wire, I didn't look to any specific
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Speaker 2: figures for inspiration because I didn't think any would be
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Speaker 2: a sensible choice. Honestly, she isn't like anyone I'd ever
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Speaker 2: come across before, anywhere at all. I was so terrified
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Speaker 2: because it was a very daunting task and so much dialogue.
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Speaker 2: I knew that putting her together was going to be
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Speaker 2: really challenging, and it was. But then ultimately playing her,
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Speaker 2: I knew it would be a lot of fun, and
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Speaker 2: it really was. Kate Winston on her new show The Regime.
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Speaker 2: You can watch the premiere on Max, with new episodes
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Speaker 2: arriving Sundays.
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Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood