What Would Kate Do? Direct a film! Goodbye June or Goodbye, June ? Bringing people together.

Excited to be back for another episode of What Would Kate Do. We have a most amazing guest and interviewer: Anne from Germany. Anne & I met because of our interest in the Liverpool Football Club, but as we talked more, we discovered another even greater mutual interest: Movies, their stories, and that our favorite actress is Kate Winslet. One of Anne’s passions is journalism, interviewing, & critical analysis, so we knew this would be a perfect opportunity to do an interview together. And it was so much fun!

We take a deep dive into the reasons for this podcast, what inspired Angie to start this podcast, how Kate inspired Angie to get back into acting, some acting related thoughts, and what are the goals of this podcast. We also talk about Goodbye June, Kate’s upcoming directorial debut, starring Kate, Helen Mirren, Andrea Riseborough, Toni Collette, Timothy Spall, and Johnny Flynn. Written by her son Joe Anders. We are SO EXCITED for this upcoming movie, released in select U.K. & U.S. theatres on December 12, 2025, and released on Netflix on December 24, 2025. As fans, we’ve noticed some exciting revelations based on the released pictures and story, & we share here!

Goodbye June starts at 53:20 (53 minutes, 20 seconds). We discuss why we’re so excited, the possible story, what might have been the inspirations, the potential messages, our hopes for the film, comments about the cast, seeing it the day it comes out, and more. And a special thank you to Toni Collette for sharing some BTS which may indicate that the title of the film could be “Goodbye, June”, and the differences in meaning with the comma in the title.

Timestamps:

· How Kate inspired Angie to get back into acting: 1:38

· Surprising answer to which one of Kate’s characters Angie would play: 2:55

· How Angie loves that Kate always has a “secret” when playing a character that nobody else knows about & how this creates an even richer character: 23:53

· What is the most difficult genre to act in: 28:45

· Toni Collette being Angie’s dream actress to work with if she couldn’t pick Kate: 31:25 but would be too intimidated, and Anne reminds Angie of similar doubts Kate had working with Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman: 33:03

· A funny Asian take and cultural perspective on Ang Lee telling Kate: “Don’t worry, you’ll get better”: 34:30

· Angie’s dream role. Starts off funny but then gets serious: 38:35

· How Angie would love to see Kate drive a fast car in a film: 40:26

· How Angie would trust Kate in any scene that involves water: 51:21

· Goodbye June: 53:20

· How the film review site film.dimension (Instagram) plans to review Goodbye June the night it comes out: 1:15:59

· Ultimate goal of this podcast and what we hope to take away from this podcast (yes, answer is Kate related and very inspirational, and thank you Kate for bringing the best people into our lives): 1:17:55

· At the end, there's a small vocal treat from Kate about directing (thx to the “How To Fail” podcast).

Thank you, Anne! Your preparation was obvious, top notch, & shows how much you care about the people you interview.

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