In the debut episode of "extras," a new fall comedy series from the makers of the beloved BBC sitcom "The Office," four-time Oscar nominee Kate Winslet guest-stars as Kate Winslet, four-time Oscar nominee and lead actress in a movie about the Holocaust. During a pause in shooting, she explains to a pair of astonished extras why she took the role: to ensure her fifth nomination and, more to the point, her first victory. "The whole world is going 'Why hasn't Winslet won one?'" The extras, played by Ricky Gervais and Ashley Jensen, just nod politely. " 'SchindlerV bloody 'List,' 'The Pianist'-Oscars coming out their arse" Later in the episode she overhears Jensen's character, Maggie, fretting about phone sex with her boyfriend, so she offers a few pointers. (Winslet recommends the line "I'm fudding myself stupid and I'm bloody loving it.") "The great thing about those scenes," says Gervais, who wrote them especially for Winslet, "is that, not only do we have this quintessentially English actress saying all these awful, dirty things—but she's also dressed as a nun." Sorry, forgot that bit: for her shameless Oscar grab, Winslet plays a Holocaust-era nun. "A mean, come on," he says. "That's funny."
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