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5.3.2 Kate Winslet.
Seventeen-year-old [in mid-'93] English actress Kate Winslet (Juliet Hulme) grew up in a family of actors and has been performing since she was thirteen years old. She has considerable experience in the theater including the lead roles of Pandora in the musical "Adrian Mole," Wendy in "Peter Pan," and Sarah in "A Game of Soldiers." She made her television debut in the British television drama "Shrinks" and has appeared in "Anglo-Saxon Attitudes," "Dark Season," and "Casualty." She currently has a recurring role in the ongoing series, "Get Back" and lives in London. In a desire to remain as close to the facts as possible in the telling of this story, Jackson insisted on casting the Hulme family out of England. Producer Jim Booth contacted English casting agents John and Ros Hubbard who rounded up 175 young women to audition for the part of Juliet Hulme. Only one stood out. Kate Winslet, a young seventeen-year-old actress from Reading, bears an uncanny resemblance to the real Juliet, and Jackson decided she was perfect for the part. "Kate impressed me straight away as an actress with enormous range. She threw herself into the role with an energy and enthusiasm and spent many hours researching Juliet's character," says Jackson. Kate's next project is Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility," a story of "two sisters, love and nineteenth- century mores" according to Lindsay Doran, who is producing the film. Emma Thompson and Hugh Grant are starring, and this is to be Ms. Thompson's maiden voyage at the helm, as well.
