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It was inevitable that after Sam Mendes directed his wife Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road, a movie about an unhappy couple with seven years of wedded mediocrity under their belt, that they would be asked again and again about the secret to a happy marriage. And of course, the Oscar-collecting power couple had all the answers.
“You have to work at a marriage. The best things always involve some effort.
“We aim to have two date nights a week, but always end up doing one.
“I don’t dress up or anything, we just have a nice meal somewhere, share a bottle of wine and talk.
“Sometimes it’s just about getting out of the house. We do loads of lovely meals with the kids, but every now and again you need to get out of the house together, go and be a couple, have a laugh.”
“I think that with any interesting art there is always some kind of identification to be had. We are very happy, but obviously there is a cathartic aspect of making a movie about a bad marriage. Put it this way: the last thing you want to do when making a fight film is to go home and have a fight. So here is the opportunity for getting it out without having to live it. I would say that aspect of the production was actually very healthy.”
Winslet and Mendes in March 2010 after seven years of marriage:
“Kate and Sam are saddened to announce that they separated earlier this year,” their lawyers say in a statement. “The split is entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement. Both parties are fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children.”
Oops. Well at least now they’re both qualified to appear on The Marriage Ref.
