What The Fuck Happened to Kate Winslet’s Accent in the First Act of Steve Jobs?

In January 2014 actress Kate Winslet met with director Danny Boyle and producer Scott Rudin to discuss her roll as Polish marketing executive Joanna Hoffman in a film based on the life of Steve Jobs.

Kate Winslet Any notes on the accent? I’m a little worried about it.

Danny Boyle No I love it. Scott loves it too, don’t you Scott?

Scott Rudin Love it. Perfect. Absolutely perfect. It’s got that Polish lilt, but you can hear the influence of years living in the US. Perfect.

Danny Boyle One note though.

Kate Winslet Yes, anything.

Danny Boyle We think it will work best if for the first third.

Kate Winslet The 1984 scenes?

Danny Boyle Yep, all the 1984 stuff. We think it would work better if for those scenes you spoke in a plain American accent.

Scott Rudin But do the Polish stuff in the following two thirds.

Kate Winslet 88 and 98?

Scott Rudin Yes. Exactly.

Kate Winslet OK. Em… I mean that’s fine. But could you maybe take me through your reasoning on that?

Danny Boyle Reasoning? We think it will be interesting.

Kate Winslet Interesting?

Scott Rudin Yes, interesting. Viewers will be thinking “there’s Kate Winslet doing an…