Kate Beckinsale

Beckinsale plays Lori Quaid in the 2012 remake of Total Recall, alongside actor Colin Farrell, who plays her husband, Douglas Quaid. The film takes place in the future, in a world that is mostly uninhabitable. To escape the hardships of his life, Douglas decides to experience “Rekall,” a process in which any memory can be implanted into one’s head. Shortly after plugging into Rekall, Quaid finds himself in the middle of a worldwide conspiracy where nobody can be trusted. Not even his wife. On her role as Lori:

She’s just a little bit off. She’s come back damaged and wounded and acting out of that place, so it’s fun for an actor.

Beckinsale plays Kate Farraday, opposite Mark Wahlberg in the 2012 crime-drama Contraband. Wahlberg’s character, Chris Farraday has 2 weeks to pay off a debt that his brother-in-law accrued with a ruthless drug smuggler, to keep Kate and his family safe. Repaying the debt before time runs out gives Chris no other option but to try and run contraband across U.S. borders.

Well I’ve been a big fan of Mark Wahlberg for a really long time and I was really excited to work with him. I’ve never played a character quite like that before.

Beckinsale plays Donna Newman, the wife of ambitious architect Michael Newman, played by Adam Sandler. In this comedy-drama film, Donna is the backbone of the Newman family, as a lost and confused Michael learns the most important lessons in life.

It’s a bit change of pace. I didn’t kill anybody in this movie and I don’t have any magical powers as such. But it’s a comedy, it’s funny, and you care about the characters very, very much.

Beckinsale plays Ava Gardner in the biographical drama film about aviation magnate Howard Hughes, played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Gardner is just one of many love interests throughout Hughes’ colorful life. The film is directed by Martin Scorsese. On playing Ava Gardner:

With a living person you have to get it right, as opposed to creating something from scratch. So it was a bit of a lump in the throat…

Beckinsale plays Amy Fox in the horror-suspense film Vacancy. She stars alongside actor Luke Wilson who plays the role of her husband, David Fox. The film chronicles the couple’s horrendous overnight stay at a secluded, low budget motel. What seems to be a quiet room to relax for the evening, turns out to be the setting for a new snuff film directed by murderous filmmakers.

Beckinsale plays Sara Thomas in the romantic comedy Serendipity opposite actor John Cusack. The story revolves around Sara’s strong belief in love and destiny. Throughout the movie, Sara conducts many tests of fate to see if she and Jonathan are really “meant to be.”

They saved all the kissing scenes up at the end of Pearl Harbor and the Serendipity ones were right at the beginning, so I was literally going from one man to the next.