Winslet’s wrinkles vanish after airbrushing for promo!
December 2, 2006
Movie bosses of Kate Winslet’s latest film ‘The Holiday’ might get in serious trouble with the actress, for they have airbrushed the movie’s promotional poster, leaving the stunning star wrinkleless.
Winslet famously hit out at GQ magazine when a dramatically altered photograph of her - with thinner legs and a flatter stomach - appeared on its front cover in 2003.
At the time the actress hotly stated, “The retouching is excessive. I do not look like that and I do not desire to look like that.”
However, now it seems that Sony Pictures has done the same thing with the promotional photograph, which shows an image that is drastically different from the ‘real’ Winslet’s photos at the movie’s premiere.
Jason Facey, an airbrushing expert with 25 years experience, said that the shot taken at the premiere had showed the ravages of time on the ‘Titanic’ star’s face. However, the same were missing from the promotional pic.
“We can see in the shot taken of her at the premiere that she has quite pronounced lines and bagging in the delicate under-eye area, which is what you would expect of someone in their early 30s. But in the photograph published to advertise her new film, the image has been photoshopped to erase the nose to mouth lines and lessen the crow`s feet,” the Daily Mail quoted him, as saying.
“Interestingly, some of the lines around the eyes have been left in. This is probably so the airbrushing looks as natural as possible. The dewy look has been achieved with heavy stage make-up,” he added.
Winslet`s publicist, on the other hand, denied the shots have been tampered with.
“There has been absolutely no airbrushing on the stills for the film,” she insisted.
However Facey said that movie bosses will insist that some form of airbrushing be done so that the movie industry`s demands for physical perfection can be met.
“Everyone expects so much that a lot of movie bosses will insist on airbrushing away the slightest flaw. This is also because they panic that their real life shots will look out of place when pitted against the competition,” he said.
`The Holiday` hits theatres around the world next month. Also starring Cameron Diaz and Jude Law, the movie revolves around two women who swap homes with each other and fall in love with the men they meet.
Bureau Report with ANI inputs
Source: Zee News
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