Bear in mind the Divergent films? Not solely did the dystopian guide diversifications deliver a ton of younger expertise like Shailene Woodley, Theo James and Miles Teller to the large display screen, it additionally enlisted the nice abilities of some established actors, particularly with Kate Winslet being solid as one major Divergent villain, Jeanine Matthews. Spoiler alert: Jeanine dies in Rebel, and as Veronica Roth revealed, one time Winslet’s son really approached the Divergent creator on the topic.
Winslet performed the corrupt chief of the Erudite faction within the first two Divergent films who acquired what was coming for her in 2015’s Rebel when Jeanine was stabbed to loss of life. As Veronica Roth just lately recalled, the plot level was the supply of a hilarious encounter the bestselling creator had with Winslet’s eldest son Joe. In Roth’s phrases:
The very best factor that occurred was in all probability when her son was on set and he got here as much as me and he mentioned, ‘Why did you kill my mother?’ I mentioned, ‘I did not know it might be your mother after I did it,’ And he was like, ‘That is smart.’ That was it. He walked away after that.
Joe would have been round 11 on the time of his inquiry to Roth. And hey, in case you have been that age watching your mother getting killed off on the set of a film, and your mother was an Oscar-winning actress and the star of Titanic, wouldn’t you ask the identical query? As Roth shared with Folks, she merely informed Joe, who can be the son of 1917 director Sam Mendes, that she made the choice earlier than she knew Winslet would embody the character.
Roth additionally recalled her expertise working with Kate Winslet, saying that it was very a lot a optimistic one, calling the actress “so pleasant.” She mentioned:
You’ll be able to at all times inform one thing about an individual by the best way they deal with the assistants on set, and she or he was such a pleasure to cope with for all of them. I have been a fan of hers for a very long time and she or he was so cool — simply actually aggressively cool.
I believe it’s protected to imagine that if Veronica Roth knew Kate Winslet would play her character, she might need made her the timeless heroine, particularly contemplating her extremely optimistic expertise working with the actress. Although Winslet should have had a blast taking part in Divergent’s villain as a change of tempo.
On the time, the actress mentioned she really took the position to be a part of one thing that will impress her children. On the time, her eldest daughter, Mia, was 13, and she or he was pregnant along with her third youngster, Bear. Her center youngster clearly acquired to hang around on set, and he even acquired some face time with the creator of the Divergent books.
Whereas a lot of the Divergent solid is tough at work on different Hollywood initiatives lately, the franchise ended awkwardly when the fourth installment was going to be became a made-for-television film earlier than it was in the end canceled. Divergent director Neil Burger has since informed CinemaBlend’s ReelBlend podcast in 2021 that he had doubts concerning the collection ever concluding. You’ll be able to learn the complete story about why we didn’t see extra Divergent films right here on CinemaBlend.
