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Kate Winslet praised the “great” Roman Polanski as she promoted the first film he has made since being released from house arrest.
Polanski remains a fugitive from US justice after fleeing the country in 1978, having pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.
However, Winslet had no qualms about the director’s history and jumped at the chance to appear in Carnage, a drama which premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
“When Roman Polanski invites you to join him in any project you really don’t say no,” she said. “I felt extremely fortunate to be included.”
She admitted to feeling nervous about meeting Polanski on set, but only because she was over-awed by his film-making.
Recalling her first day on set with co-stars Jodie Foster, John C Reilly and Christoph Waltz, Winslet said: “We were working with the great Roman Polanski. We are only human beings and we are still perfectly capable of being terrified, whoever we are.”
The other cast members were equally effusive about the director, who stayed away from the press conference.
“When Roman Polanski calls you, after you’ve picked yourself up off the floor, you say yes,” said Reilly, while Waltz said: “I love Roman Polanski and I really learned to admire him.”
In 1977 Polanski plied 13-year-old Samantha Geimer with champagne and drugs before raping her at the home of his friend, Jack Nicholson.
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