Kate Winslet insisted the director didn't cut out her 'bulgy belly' in Mare of Easttown sex scene

Kate Winslet was adamant that her "bugly bit of belly" wasn't cut out of a sex scene in the Mare of Easttown.

The actress insisted the director give her character a realistic portrayal in the HBO limited series, telling The New York Times, "I hope that in playing Mare [Sheehan] as a middle-aged woman — I will be 46 in October — I guess that's why people have connected with this character in the way that they have done because there are clearly no filters."

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"She's a fully functioning, flawed woman with a body and a face that moves in a way that is synonymous with her age and her life and where she comes from. I think we're starved of that a bit," Winslet said.

When director Craig Zobel told Winslet he'd cut a "bulgy bit of belly" in her sex scene, Winslet replied, saying, "Don't you dare!" She even recalled telling the designers to change the photoshopped promo poster as she's aware of "how many lines I have by the side of my eye."

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The actress went as far as to say she's happy to do less nudity altogether.

"I think my days are getting a little bit numbered of doing nudity," she said. "I'm just not that comfortable doing it anymore. It's not even really an age thing, actually. There comes a point where people are going to go, 'Oh, here she goes again.'"

Last night, The Mare of Easttown aired the series finale of the HBO show. Winslet's performance in the series was deservedly lauded by critics.

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