‘Goodbye June’ Director Kate Winslet on Working with Helen Mirren

In this video, director Kate Winslet discusses working with Dame Helen Mirren on ‘Goodbye June’.

Transcript

00:00She didn't like that.

00:02And she did say quite early on, you know,

00:05I don't really want to be doing this at all,

00:07but I'm doing it for you and I'm doing it to support you.

00:10And I felt so grateful, so, so grateful.

00:16But also I didn't want to be putting her through something.

00:19So she, the way that she kind of managed herself really

00:24was that she didn't actually want to talk about anything

00:27until we got there, until the day.

00:30So she would get there, she would be prepared,

00:33but then she would just say to me, I don't like it today.

00:35I don't like, I don't like the gown and the wig and the thing.

00:38I don't want to get in the bed.

00:40Okay, right, I've got that off my chest.

00:42Okay, yeah, what should I do?

00:44And I would say, get in the bed, lie down,

00:46don't move your head, okay, action.

00:48And I just had to be very practical with her.

00:50And actually, what more, you know,

00:52what more do you offer someone like Helen Mirren

00:54who is going to instinctively respond

00:58to whatever's in front of her in brilliant ways?