Kate Winslet (episode)

Maggie and Andy in costume

## Guest appearances

Kate Winslet

> *"The Titanic star takes on a film role that could win her her first Oscar, Andy Millman puts on a uniform that could win him his first girlfriend, and Maggie takes advice on telephone sex from Kate that could lose her everything."*
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'**Kate Winslet**' is the third episode of the first season of *Extras.* It was originally broadcast on 4 August 2005 on BBC Two and 9 October 2005 on HBO. The guest star in this episode is actress Kate Winslet.

## Summary

Working as extras on the set of a Holocaust film, Andy and Maggie befriend the star Kate Winslet, who hopes to finally win an Oscar with her role as a nun sheltering Jews during the Holocaust. Maggie is in a relationship with a set assistant who wants her to talk dirty with him over the phone, but Maggie has no idea what to say. Winslet helpfully volunteers explicit advice for Maggie on the subject, but Maggie's boyfriend later dumps her when he catches Andy and Winslet making lewd gestures to each other behind his back.

Atheist Andy claims to be Catholic when he is attracted to a Catholic fellow extra, whose sister has cerebral palsy, and asks him if he believes no one will have to deal with illnesses in Heaven. However a "get together" with her and "some friends" turns out to be Bible study group and Andy's deceit is exposed, despite his efforts to conceal the truth.

## Plot

Kate Winslet is on set, playing the part of a nun hiding Jews from Nazis on the Holocaust. Andy plays a Nazi guard and Maggie plays an unnamed woman in a suit.

Between scenes, Andy and Maggie talk about nuns and religion. Andy says he's firmly an atheist.

Andy catches the eye of one of the nun actresses, Suzanne, and flirts with her. Suzanne introduces them both to her sister, Francesca, who has cerebral palsy. Both of them are awkward around Francesca.

On set, Andy and Maggie are talking to Mike, Maggie's current beau, Mike, who is also the prop master. After Mike leaves, Maggie confesses to Andy that Mike likes to talk dirty on the phone and she doesn't know how to talk back. Andy gives her a tip, and Kate Winslet overhears and joins the conversation. She gives Maggie several examples, which makes Maggie speechless.

Andy approaches Suzanne and makes her laugh. He insults Francesa before he realizes she's Suzanne's sister. Suzanne seems to forgive him and introduces them.

Darren Lamb calls Andy in for a meeting, however it turns out he made a mistake and in fact had nothing to talk about as no jobs had come in for Andy. Andy asks Darren if he's sent the script out, but Darren had completely forgotten about it.

On set and in costume again, Andy is complaining about his agent to Maggie, Suzanne, and Francesca. Francesca says that her faith in God is important to her. She asks Andy if he believes in God, and Andy lies and says yes.

After another scene, Kate Winslet sees Maggie and asks how the dirty talk is going. Maggie says she can't do it. Andy wants a line and praises Kate's choice of movies as important. Kate says she's only doing it because she wants an Oscar and the fastest track to one is making a movie about the Holocaust.

Andy spends some time with Suzanne on set and makes her laugh. She invites him to a get together with friends that night.

Maggie is at Andy's apartment helping him choose his clothes for the party. He ends up with a white leisure shirt and black shirt, a disco-type outfit.

Maggie calls Mike and tries to talk dirty on the phone. She reads from notes she took from Kate Winslet.

Andy is in a room of people, who are sitting in a church and praying and reading from the Bible. When he's introduced to the priest, he runs off at the mouth in his nervousness about pedophile priests and is caught spewing lies. He admits he fancied Suzanne but he's an atheist. The people in the room look horrified and Andy walks out.

On set the next day, Maggie has told Mike she's not comfortable talking dirty, and he says that she doesn't have to. Andy appears and explains how bad his date was the night before. Kate Winslet appears and makes thinly-veiled dirty-talk conversation. At first, Mike doesn't notice, but he catches Kate and gets angry at Maggie for telling others their secret business. He breaks up with Maggie right then and there. Maggie walks off, upset.

Kate lights a secret, calls Francesca "a mental," and tells Andy that's another way of earning an Oscar, by "playing a mental."

## Cast

### Main

* Ricky Gervais as Andy Millman
* Ashley Jensen as Maggie Jacobs
* Stephen Merchant as Darren Lamb

### Guest

* Charlotte Palmer as Suzanne
* Francesca Martinez as Francesca
* Kate Winslet as herself
* John Kirk as Mike

### Extra

* Kevin Moore as Father
* Lucinda Raikes as Lisa
* Pamela Lyne as Old Lady
* Paul Pariser as Spark

## Quotes

* Kate Winslet: *"How many more movies do we need about the Holocaust? I mean, we get it, it was grim."*
* Kate Winslet: *"My husband's gonna be rummaging around in my basement while I polish his Oscar."*
* Darren: *"Come and check this out. I just typed in fifty eight thousand and eight into a calculator, erm, and low and behold, amazingly, it comes up BOOBS! You see that? That's worth knowing, isn't it?*
* Andy: *"Oh my god, I've got Jeremy Clarkson's clothes!"*

## Trivia

* Kate Winslet tells Andy in one scene that the key to winning an Oscar is to do a Holocaust film. Less than four years later, she would go on to win her first Academy Award playing an Auschwitz guard in *The Reader* (2008), a post-Holocaust drama.
* Kate Winslet says she will be "polishing her husband's Oscar". Kate's husband at the time was Sam Mendes and he won an Oscar for directing *American Beauty* (1999).
* Between the shooting and the airing of the episode, Kate Winslet was nominated for an Oscar for *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004). Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant joked about how her jokes in the episode would be ruined if she actually won, which she didn't.
* When Darren shows Andy his calculator which should read "58008" (which reads "BOOBS" upside-down) it in fact shows simply "1".
	+ This was likely on purpose, as Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais continued to laugh too hard at the number, leading to several outtakes.

## Cultural references

* To impress Suzanne, Andy mimics silent film actor Charlie Chaplin with a flag, a reference to the 1940 film *The Great Dictator*.
* When Kate Winslet says that Holocaust movies are regularly successful at garnering Oscars, she mentions the films *Schindler's List* (1993) and *The Pianist* (2002).
* When Kate Winslet says that playing a disabled person is a way of winning an Oscar, she mentions the films *Ryan's Daughter* (1970), *Rain Man* (1988), *My Left Foot* (1989), and *Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory* (1971).
* A fan of Kate Winslet says that she loved her in *Titanic* (1997).
* When sharing with others how incompetent his agent, Andy says that Darren once tried to get him a role in *Billy Elliot* (2000).
* The hymn that the Catholic preacher recites to the group is "Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us", written by James Edmeston in 1821.
* The name of the local priest that Andy fabricates in attempt to keep his atheism concealed is Father Michael Flately, the name of an Irish-American step dancer. He quickly changes his answer to Michael O'Flately, to better hide the lie.
	+ Andy states that he was confirmed in the name of St. Bernard, which is both a saint and a breed of dog, the latter of which most likely inspired the lie.

## Featured music

* "Suzanne Beware of the Devil" by Dandy Livingstone (whilst Andy and Suzanne hang out on set and begin to grow fond of each other)

## Gallery

Jon catches Kate Winslet making lewd gestures behind his backDarren shows Andy the number 58008 upside-down on his calculator

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D\_thjUPE1i4&ab\_channel=PrimeTV, time stamp 6:12