Selfie recruitment: How Kate Winslet applied for Steve Jobs movie

Kate Winslet wanted to be in the new movie about Steve Jobs so much that she auditioned for, and secured, the role by sending a selfie to the Producer.

The actor is famous for going out on a limb for the roles that she really wants. This was true for both Titanic and for the new movie about the Apple Founder. In a new interview with The One Show, Winslet revealed the extent she went to in order to secure the role of Joanna Hoffman, one of the original Apple executives.

Winslet said: “I was working on The Dressmaker, and the woman who was doing the hair and makeup in that film had got herself the gig by doing the hair and makeup on the Steve Jobs film. So I thought ‘wow, that sounds amazing.’”

The conversation made Winslet so enthusiastic that she thought “I really need to get in there.”