Speaking exclusively to RTÉ TEN Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet reveals that she kept trying to feed Michael Fassbender chocolate while they were making Steve Jobs and describes him as a 'little Irish scrapper'.
She has worked with many great actors including Leonardo DiCaprio, Ralph Fiennes, Josh Brolin, Jim Carey and Kevin Spacey, yet Kate Winslet has described Michael Fassbender, who plays Steve Jobs, as the most professional actor she has ever worked with.
Kate Winslet and Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs
Speaking exclusively to RTÉ TEN Winslet said: "I have truly never come across an actor as professional as him. I have really never seen anything like his preparation. He had his head down, no fuss; he just got on with it. And you know he is a little Irish scrapper."
When Winslet heard that Fassbender, director Danny Boyle and screen-writer Aaron Sorkin where involved she knew that Steve Jobs was a movie she 'had' to be in. In fact it didn't even really matter what the story was.
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"I almost couldn't have cared what the movie was about as I just wanted to be in a room with those men, Danny Boyle, Michael Fassbender and Aaron Sorkin. Yeah, I want to be in that room."
Winslet plays Jobs' right hand woman Joanna Hoffman and just as Hoffman watched out for Jobs, Winslet admits she made sure to look after Fassbender.
"I wanted to have his back a little bit as it was such a difficult role for him and the amount of dialogue that he had was unusually challenging."
Kate Winslet and Michael Fassbender at the Steve Jobs Closing Night Gala during the BFI London Film Festival
She also admits trying to make him eat chocolate as she worried he was losing a lot of weight while making the movie.
"He got thinner and thinner on the film even though he would eat like a horse, I couldn't believe it, I'd be like, 'Your jeans are falling down again.'
I would see him eat these gigantic plates of food. I would worry and be like, 'Have a snickers, no really have two,' and he'd say, 'No, I am not a snacker.'"
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Steve Jobs hits cinemas on November 13.
