Kate Winslet (Understandably) Ducked Out Of "Labor Day" TIFF Premiere

Kate Winslet honored the unwritten Hollywood tradition of stars not staying to watch the premieres of their own films and skipped out on the Toronto Film Festival showing of Labor Day. However, while many actors are simply not interested in seeing themselves on screen, Winslet not attending was intentional and related to the actress’s own pregnancy, as she revealed during a rather awkward exchange at the post-screening Q&A.

The actress was apparently unfazed and, after initially trying to dodge the question, she then answered: “Emotionally, it was very hard and those scenes were very difficult. Actually, I chose not to see the film tonight because it’s just weird to do that right now.”

Overall, the film, telling the story of a pregnant mother of one, who gets kidnapped while on a shopping excursion with her son, was well received at the festival, much like Reitman’s other five features, which have screened in Toronto in previous years. Labor Day will see a limited release on Christmas Day 2013 and will screen in theatres across the US a month later, from January 31, 2014.