British Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has been cast in upcoming young adult film Divergent, boosting the profile of the latest adaptation from a best-selling novel to the big screen.
On Thursday, Film studio Summit Entertainment said that Winslet, 37, will play the cold and unlikeable Jeanine Matthews in the film set in a dystopian future and that the film is based on the first of a trilogy of novels by Veronica Roth, is set in a society that is divided into five factions that define how a person lives their life.
Fact-fully, the Abnegation people are selfless while the Erudite devote themselves to a lifelong pursuit of knowledge and that Winslet will play the leader of the Erudite, Summit said in a statement.
As a concluding fact, the studio previously announced the casting of rising star Shailene Woodley, 21, and British newcomer Theo James, 28.
Good-luck Kate!
(AW:Samrat Biswas)
