1. What did Gwyneth Paltrow find intoxicating to see as a child?
2. Why did she love the atmosphere in the house?
3. After filming Shakespeare in Love, how did she address the issue of her nude scenes with her family?
4. In what ways did the actors from the film act differently towards her when she played the role of either Thomas Kent or Viola de Lesseps?
5. What did she have to learn to do for her role as Thomas Kent?
6. How old was she when she won the Oscar?
7. How did some people react to her winning the Oscar?
8. Why was she having a very emotional time the year she won the Oscar?
9. What influence did her father’s death have on her life?
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ReplyDelete1. TO SEE HER MOTHER DRESS UP IN COSTUMES AND BECOME EMPOWERED BY HER ROLES.
2. THEY WERE SURROUNDED BY CREATIVE PEOPLE, PEOPLE SINGING AROUND BY THE PIANO. IT WAS A MAGICAL WAY TO BE A GROWN-UP.
3. SHE TOLD HIM SHE WOULD BE TOPLESS, HE SHOULDN’T BE UPSET.
4. THEY BEHAVED AS IF SHE WERE ONE OF THEM, MADE MUCH DIRTIER JOKES, BURPING IN FRONT OF HER.
5. SHE HAD TO LEARN TO WALK LIKE A MAN.
6. 26.
7. SOME PEOPLE RESENTED HER.
8. HIS GRANDFATHER WAS DYING AND HER FATHER HAD JUST BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.
9. SHE REALISED LIFE WAS PRECIOUS AND SHE MUST MAKE MORE OUT OF IT, SHE HAD TO SLOW DOWN HER WORKING PACE.