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Kate Winslet revealed that as a teenager she was curious about intimacy, having kissed both girls and boys, and reflected on how her early experiences influenced her role in Heavenly Creatures, a film about intense teenage friendship.
Melanie Lynskey revealed on a podcast that she was heartbroken when she drifted apart from her close friend and co-star Kate Winslet after they worked together on Heavenly Creatures. Lynskey said that Winslet's rise to international stardom made it difficult to maintain their friendship, but she still considers her a huge inspiration. Lynskey also shared that losing friendships in the industry has become easier over time.
Melanie Lynskey, who starred alongside Kate Winslet in "Heavenly Creatures," revealed on a podcast that losing her close friendship with Winslet was "painful." Lynskey said their separation "gradually happened" over time as many friendships do, and no one is to blame. The two actors had "a very intense" relationship during filming, and Lynskey said losing touch with Winslet was "more heartbreaking than some breakups that I’ve had."
Anne Perry, the crime novelist who was convicted as a teenager for helping to bludgeon the mother of her friend to death, has died at the age of 84. The murder, which took place in New Zealand in 1954, inspired the film "Heavenly Creatures" by Peter Jackson. Perry's first novel was published in 1979 and her books, spanning multiple series, sold collectively 25 million copies worldwide.
Crime author Anne Perry, who was jailed as a teenager for murdering her friend’s mother, has died at the age of 84. Perry was known for her Pitt and Monk detective novel series, alongside her dark past that was turned into the Oscar-nominated Peter Jackson film Heavenly Creatures. After serving a five-year prison sentence, Perry was released and changed her name, returning to the UK and later beginning her writing career. She had been working on more titles in both the Pitt and Monk series and her works have regularly appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. Perry is survived by her brother Dr Jonathan Hulme and his family.
Crime writer Anne Perry, who served five years in prison for bludgeoning her friend's mother to death as a teenager, has died aged 84. Perry, who was the inspiration for Peter Jackson's 1994 film Heavenly Creatures, went on to have a successful writing career under the pen name Anne Perry. Her novels, which included multiple series such as the Thomas Pitt detective novels, sold 25 million copies worldwide. Perry's agent said her writing was driven by her commitment to raising awareness around social injustice.
Anne Perry, a prolific British crime novelist who served five years in prison for a murder she helped commit as a teenager, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 84. Perry, who sold more than 26 million books worldwide, had already become well established as a novelist when her sinister past was exposed in 1994, just before the release of Peter Jackson’s film “Heavenly Creatures.” The movie, based on a chilling matricide in New Zealand some four decades earlier in which a Christchurch woman was bludgeoned to death in a park by her daughter and Perry, then 15 years old and known as Juliet Hulme, rekindled media interest in the case.
Anne Perry, the British crime author whose role in a murder was depicted in the film "Heavenly Creatures," has died at the age of 84. Perry served five years in prison for bludgeoning her best friend's mother in 1954, and later adopted a pen name for her writing career. She wrote over 100 mysteries and thrillers, selling more than 26 million copies worldwide and winning an Edgar Award in 2000. No information on her survivors was immediately available.