 |
| Kate Winslet |
At first, Kate Winslet thought it would be just another job. Cherie
Blair, the wife of the former prime minister of England, Tony Blair, had
sent the Oscar-winning actress a documentary from Iceland that needed
an English-language narrator. Called
A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism,
it was about Margret Ericsdottir's journey to discover whether her
severely autistic 11-year-old son, Keli, would ever be able to speak.
What Ericsdottir learns -- not only about her own son but also about so
many kids who are nonverbal -- is astounding.
Winslet watched the tape. "To say I was moved sounds so very
basic. I couldn't stop thinking about it," she says. "I was being asked,
as an actress, to
use my voice for children who have no voice." Winslet
flew to England, where she was introduced to Ericsdottir, to record the
narration. "I knew as soon as I met her that we would be friends. I
also knew I couldn't just lend my voice to this documentary and go
home."
No comments:
Post a Comment