Moment Kate Winslet uses risque language on the BBC to describe photojournalist Lee Miller's famous dip in Hitler's bathtub
Kate Winslet was almost caught out using risque language on the BBC to describe a famous photo of Hitlers bathtub.
Kate Winslet was almost caught out using risque language on the BBC to describe a famous photo of Hitlers bathtub.
The actress joined Laura Kuenssberg for her Sunday morning show to discuss her upcoming film Lee, about American photographer Lee Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.
The 48-year-old was describing a photo of Lee herself sitting naked in Hitlers bathtub at the end of WWII, in which she claims Lee said: Make sure you frame out my t*ts or we will never get it past the censor.
It is also believed that after David E. Scherman took the bathtub picture, Miller actually enjoyed a bath in the tub and slept in Hitlers bed.
Kate Winslet was almost caught out using risque language on the BBC to describe a famous photo of Hitlers bathtub
The actress joined Laura Kuenssberg for her Sunday morning show to discuss her upcoming film Lee, about American photographer Lee Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II
The 48-year-old was describing a photo of Lee herself sitting naked in Hitlers bathtub at the end of WWII, in which she claims Lee said: Make sure you frame out my t*ts or we will never get it past the sensor
Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1907, Miller started out as a model after a chance meeting with Vogues owner, tycoon Conde Nast.
When Nast put her on the cover of the March 1927 issue, Millers star was firmly on the rise.
But in 1929, her modelling career took a blow when her image was used in a menstrual pad advert.
She opted to travel to Paris, where she apprenticed herself to the surrealist artist and photographer Man Ray, who became her lover.
Her work would later take her across the whole of Europe, working for the Allied forces and teaming up with fellow American photographer David E. Scherman, a correspondent for Life magazine.
Millers shocking images of the dead and dying at Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps after their liberation by Allied troops sealed her status as one of the most important photographers of the 20th century.
This single boot with discarded ammunition next to it seems to give a full picture of the chaos and destruction following the Siege of Saint Malo in France. Female war correspondents were not allowed near the front line, but Miller broke that rule
Millers photo of women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service operating a searchlight battery at South Mimms, Hertfordshire, during the Second World War. After this picture had been taken, raiders came over and raked the battery with machine fire
Winslet went on to add life is too short to worry about physical appearance after she was allegedly told to sit up to hide belly rolls on the set of her latest film.
She said she thought the comments were absolutely bizarre because her characters body would be soft, adding she intends to live my life and enjoy it rather than worry about her appearance.
She said: Its interesting how much people do like labels for women.
And they very much liked them in Lees day, and, annoyingly, they sort of still do - we slap these labels on women that we just dont have for men. Its absolutely bizarre to me.
It was my job to be like Lee. She wasnt lifting weights and doing Pilates, she was eating cheese, bread and drinking wine and not making a big deal of it, so of course her body would be soft.
But I think were so used to perhaps not necessarily seeing that and enjoying it - the instinct, weirdly, is to see it and criticise it or comment on it in some way.
And people were saying God, how wonderful, you know. Shes saying that she doesnt care about her body.
I was talking about the character that Im playing, but of course I dont care.
But it was through the conversation about playing Lee... and I think my point is that, as women, we so need to be having that conversation and just celebrating just being a real shape and being soft and maybe having a few extra rolls.
Life is too short, do you know? I dont want to look back and go Why did I worry about that thing? And so, guess what? I dont worry anymore. I dont care.
Im just going to live my life, going to enjoy it, get on with it. Youve got one go around - make the most of it.
Winslet went on to add life is too short to worry about physical appearance after she was allegedly told to sit up to hide belly rolls on the set of her latest film
She said she thought the comments were absolutely bizarre because her characters body would be soft
Winslet began her acting career at the age of 15 in 1991 BBC childrens TV series Dark Season, before soaring to international fame with 1997s Titanic
Kuenssberg asked Winslet if she still wants social media companies to stand up and do something about the impact on children and families, as she had after starring in Channel 4s I Am Ruth, a film about a family whose lives are turned upside down by social media.
The actress replied: I do still think Stand up and do something.
Im just finding it staggering that more isnt being done. Its an extraordinary thing as an actor - sometimes when you can just open that door to a conversation, and I was overwhelmed by how much we really did ignite debate.
There has been this real upswell in communities and, in fact, entire towns, it turns out, in this country, where they are making them social media or even smartphone-free zones for children, under-16s.
And thats why we made I Am Ruth, its because I was realising that so many people I was coming across and hearing about their awful, sad stories. They just felt so isolated and alone and shameful, thinking Oh my God, its just me, how has this happened to me, to my child?
So I do think its changing. Im hoping it will change a lot more, but hopefully little by little we might get there.
Winslet began her acting career at the age of 15 in 1991 BBC childrens TV series Dark Season, before soaring to international fame with 1997s Titanic.
She has gone on to win an Oscar, a Grammy, two Emmy Awards, and five Baftas.
Lee will be released in UK cinemas on Friday September 13.
