AUDIO: Katie Holmes On Playing Jackie O, Suri’s Birthday & More!
Posted on Apr 04, 2011 @ 12:36PM
Katie Holmes chatted about The Kennedys in a segment on On Air with Ryan Seacrest Monday, saying that she gained a newfound respect for former First Lady Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis while portraying the American icon in the controversial new ReelzChannel mini-series.
The mini-series documents President John F. Kennedy’s time in office prior to his assassination in November 1963, and Greg Kinnear plays John. The Kennedys was originally slated to air on The History Channel, but yanked by the network, who said “this dramatic interpretation is not a fit for the History brand.” (Noteworthy is that Seacrest avoided the controversy altogether in Monday’s segment.)
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Holmes said she "didn't know that much" about the family, but her "respect and admiration for Jackie just grew with every story I read, seeing the footage of her.
"What we tried to achieve with the miniseries was showing the human side of ... we set out to almost make it, almost like a Greek tragedy," Holmes said of the mini-series.
Holmes said that one of her favorite elements in playing Jackie O was wearing the former first lady's trend-setting fashions.
"We created a lot of her looks -- yeah, it was really fun," Holmes said. "I still look to her fashion today and it inspires what I wear."
Hear the audio on RadarOnline.com
Also on the slate for discussion was the upcoming birthday of Katie's daughter with hubby Tom Cruise, Suri, who turns 5-years-old on Monday, April 18.
"She wants a piñata and her girlfriends to come over and some swimming and were gonna make a cake together," Holmes said of her birthday plans for her little girl. "This is my favorite day of the year ... I like to girl it up!"
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Seacrest asked Holmes about Cruise’s new role in the musical film Rock of Ages.
"It is a dynamic role and he's so excited to do it ... he's thrilled," Holmes said, adding her A-list hubby "knows how to prepare for things, and really puts the work in and strives for the best.
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“It’s really inspiring."
An encore showing of part one of The Kennedys airs on ReelzChannel Monday.
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therock, and any others in denial here...1-suri is 5, almost, she has NO friends...2-she always is carried with a blanket.3. she has a pacifier 4-other times she has lipstick, heels and is up til 1am 5-her parents are sick scientologists.
Posted Tue, 04/05/2011 - 12:47am
This lady is AWESOME!!!! I was in love with Lady Di, but Kate takes the cake!!! She appears to be supper cool and she IS super sexy, with a ton of intelligence!!! It's great to see the "cool" people like Obama and Kate in the spotlight!
Posted Mon, 04/04/2011 - 7:35pm
Reelz channel? Not available on the east coast.
Posted Mon, 04/04/2011 - 7:11pm
The child is ready to turn five years old this month and she still uses a pacifier.
What kind of mother allows that???
Posted Mon, 04/04/2011 - 3:28pm
Remember her song and dance number on "So You Think You Can Dance" she had to rehearse
over a month for, just to walk around the stage and pose. Well this acting role is right up there
with that pathetic performance.
Posted Mon, 04/04/2011 - 1:40pm
She is the most overrated actress there is besides Lohan. I've seen the previews all she does is sit
there and make pathetic expressionless stares at the camera with a little wince tossed in .
They shot this in Toronto and Hamilton Ontario.
Posted Mon, 04/04/2011 - 1:38pm
The editors that did the series did a horrible job. They kept jumping from different time frames. We could not follow the story to enjoy it because of it. We turned the channel.
Posted Mon, 04/04/2011 - 1:35pm
suri is turning 5 and she was photographed recently with a binky in her mouth.
Posted Mon, 04/04/2011 - 1:13pm
$cientology $uck$ and $o do the celeb$ who $upport it.
Posted Mon, 04/04/2011 - 1:04pm