![]() Kate said, “The most important thing to Saoirse, Francis Lee and me was that the physical intimacy underpinned the longing and the love that these two women feel for one another in a very truthful way that supported the narrative. So we discussed the structure of each intimate moment when we were in rehearsals.” The power of the film is the nonverbal dynamism between Mary, a gruff introvert who’d rather be alone on the beach, looking for fossilized relics inside large rocks, and Charlotte, who is depressed from a miscarriage. So for us to show how connected these two women could be behind closed doors in their most private moment, that was very important to us.” “It made us feel true to the intimacy between these two women, particularly at a time when public displays of affection for men or women, was not something that was seen, shown or even addressed. But most importantly, it made us feel as though we were being true to the love story that we had created.” “But Francis absolutely allowed us as women to decide for ourselves what we felt comfortable with. Francis Lee was very much a part of it with us.” “It was important to Saoirse and me to contribute to the construction of our scenes, to really use our voices as our characters and underpin the narrative with what we believe was right for these two characters. Kate confirmed that she and Saoirse took an active role in choreographing the love scene. So I feel a responsibility to those young women.” Now, more than ever, because young women crave integrity, leadership and strong role models, much more so than 20 years ago. “I always try and be as truthful as I can in the roles that I play and also in the things that I say publicly. “Well, it’s true,” Kate laughed when I brought up that quote. And I also worked on maintaining that sort of heftiness to Mary.” This is how I am now,’ and it’s very much not the body I had 20 years ago. I was just excited to say, ‘This is what it is, peeps. And to have an opportunity to be my real 40-something self, post-children, you know? Women aren’t really having the courage to do that. Kate was quoted as saying in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, “I’m nearly 45 (she turned 45 last October), and Saoirse is almost half my age (26). In the crucial scene that happens toward the film’s end, Kate and Saoirse refused body doubles and plunged into the climactic moment in the nude. We have to be mindful that we aren’t falling prey to a generalized description of the entire film because of an intimate scene that is subsequently described in the media in a controversial way.” “It’s important that we acknowledge that we have to be careful how we use our words to describe intimate scenes in same sex films. ![]() So it’s the description of those scenes that somehow takes away from the intensity and the power, particularly if it’s two women.” Still courtesy of Neon “But sometimes certain publications might describe those types of scenes in ways that I realize make them controversial when actually they’re just intimate scenes that happen to feature two people of the same sex. “What I’m finding very interesting through talking about Ammonite is actually how often LGBTQ themes, particularly between two women, the way the intimate scenes are often described by the press – I’m not saying you.” Kate, who made the Zoom call from Pennsylvania where she was filming a new movie amid the Joe Biden-Donald Trump presidential election hubbub, continued about the consummation scene of Mary and Charlotte. In often wordless scenes, Kate and Saoirse’s expressive eyes convey their longing and emotions. And Charlotte knew exactly how Mary felt about her.Set in 1840s England, Ammonite is based on history but takes interpretive license on how the two women developed an intense relationship in those Victorian times. She expressed what Charlotte meant to her, didn’t take much to see it and someone who knew her well knew. not sure if you know/understand Mary at all. She knows her well, I assumed based on this convo and previous scenes of them. She said she unlocked something in her that she herself couldn’t. Nah she didn’t tell her what her feelings are. Mary should have been the one to vocalize what charlotte meant to her not the ex. It never feels natural because it feels like its meant for the audience when we should know because the narrative has shown us. I always dislike in TV/movies where one character(the ex) tells another character(mary) what Mary's feelings are. For Charlotte at the end, wanting to keep Mary. I think this can be confirmed for Mary during her conversation with the ex. But Mary was a catch with the doctor and Charlotte's husband both enamored with her. I think that might be true on Mary's side she was just happy to be getting some.
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