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Category Archives: Kate Bosworth

Kate: "one would use… you'd use"

"My parents named me 'Catherine,' which means 'strong-willed and determined.' Those qualities are definitely characteristics one would use to describe me, and I think they are definitely characteristics you'd use to describe Lois." - Kate Bosworth, in OK Weekly, about her Superman Returns character, Lois Lane
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Kate: "making sure the cape laid perfectly"

"He had people constantly picking at him and prodding him and making sure the cape laid perfectly." - Kate Bosworth, on her Superman Returns costar, Brandon Routh
Kate has made an error in diction. She has used the past tense of "lay" instead of the past tense of "lie."
In the clause "the cape laid perfectly," the […]

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Kate: "I've never had a doll before made after me."

"I've never had a doll before made after me. It's very cool and really exciting. The eyes are different colors as well. They really paid attention to detail that way." - Kate Bosworth, who has one blue eye and one hazel eye, on having a Lois Lane doll fashioned in her likeness
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Kate: "Stepping into those shoes, there's tons of pressure."

"Stepping into those shoes, there's tons of pressure. This was Brandon's first taste of the movie industry, and he was so sweet." - Kate Bosworth in ELLE, about her Superman Returns co-star, Brandon Routh
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The subject of the first sentence is "tons." This […]

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