Moviehole caught up with the beautiful Kate Beckinsale (“Underworld”, “Van Helsing”) to discuss her new film, the icy-thriller “Whiteout”.

Kate do you feel comfortable in these strong female roles?

I do feel, in the beginning of my career when I very first started, I was so young, that there had been Sigourney Weaver and then there was nobody else. When I was eighteen, nineteen years old, you didn’t read a script that had, you know, an action movie, a big commercial movie that had a central female character who wasn’t being rescued or saved and was actually, you know, driving the action. And I remember I used to be quite, sort of, like, “They should do that.” And now that they do, I feel really privileged. I’m one of the few people who gets to, you know, gets to do that. I do feel good about that.

Can you tell us about your character in “Whiteout”?

She’s somebody who was in the police force in Miami, and after her partner has betrayed her terribly, she loses a lot of confidence in her judgment of people and decides to take a job that’s completely far away from everything that she’s been involved in and isn’t very taxing. She’s not really expecting to see any real service. She’s going to file paper clips and do inventory, and that’s it. And then they find a body on the ice in sort of somewhat mysterious circumstances, and she has to step up and actually do her job. Yeah.

grew up in England and I know it can be cold there, but it’s nothing like in this movie was it?

No, but I really thought it was going to be like that. I thought, “Oh, all these American actors, and they’ve been growing up in LA, and I’ll show them how to deal with the cold.” And I couldn’t even get a word out the first day. I stepped out of the trailer, and my whole throat closed. Nothing like I’d ever experienced, ever.

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Kate Beckinsale on Friday denied widespread reports that she has signed on to a fourth Underworld film, which would begin a new trilogy in 3-D. Beckinsale told a group of reporters that she had barely even considered reprising the role of vampire/death dealer Selene.

“I haven’t signed anything,” Beckinsale said in a press conference today in Beverly Hills, Calif., where she was promoting the thriller Whiteout. “It was always conceived as a trilogy, which I was never going to be in the third one. I think if they came up with an amazing script or whatever, then, sure, I wouldn’t be averse to it, but it’s not necessarily planned.”

The prospect of a new trilogy left her downright flummoxed. “God, three whole more?” she sighed. “I don’t think my daughter needs to see my bottom in rubber for another 10 years.”

Beckinsale is aware of development on Underworld 4, but only through the Hollywood rumor mill. “I heard they’re talking about a fourth one, but I don’t know if that’s officially happening or if that’s just a rumor,” she said. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s a rumor.”

Tonight I sat down to cap one of Kate Beckinsale’s older movies The Golden Bowl. I have added 1200+ caps to the gallery.

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Our girl Kate Beckinsale was seen by the shutterbugs out about in Beverly Hills sporting gym clothes with a friend on August 26th. I have added 11 pics of the outing. More candids to come, so stay tuned to the gallery!

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After the news broke that Sony Screen Gems was kicking off a brand new Underworld trilogy with Underworld 4 (also said to be shot in 3-D), we started doing some digging and have stumbled on to a pretty big discovery.

Two sources have told Bloody Disgusting that Kate Beckinsale is in fact attached to return as the beautiful vampire warrior Selene, who made her first appearance in Len Wiseman’s film from 2003. What does this mean?

It means Kate-Beckinsale-in-pleather-in-mother-effin’-3D, that’s what! Now, I should be clear that this should be taken strictly as rumor as we have not been able to get any official confirmation from people involved in the actual film, or studio for that matter. We’ll keep you posted when something official is announced. Underworld 4 arrives in theaters January 21, 2011.

ADD together the current trends for vampires, werewolves and 3D filmmaking and you have the ingredients for a fourth film in the Underworld franchise. Although clawed by critics, the three previous fantasy horror adventures have been stylish, enjoyable and well-received. Fans will be pleased to hear that Screen Gems is now moving ahead on Underworld 4 with a view to a release date of January 21, 2011.

Shock Till You Drop reports that the movie will be shot in 3D, like Resident Evil: Afterlife. All three previous movies have done well at the box office. Underworld, back in 2003, made $96m on a $22m budget; Underworld: Evolution made $111m on a $45m budget in 2003; and this year’s prequel Underworld: Rise of the Lycans made $91million on a $35m budget.
Len Wiseman directed the first two, in which his wife Kate Beckinsale starred as vampire Selene, with Patrick Tatopoulos taking the reins on Rise of the Lycans.

The big question is whether the next installment will be a further prequel with Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy and Rhona Mitra , or if Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman from the first two movies will return.

Beckinsale had indicated she wanted to move on from the role, earlier saying: “I feel like I’ve played that character enough times that I don’t think I’d be excited to play the same character again. It’s a weird experience. I’ve never done that before, you’re playing the same character in two movies, and after two, I feel like I’m kind of done with that.”

But with a prequel filling in the backstory, a sequel may be the only way forward. If Beckinsale chooses not to be involved, which seems likely given her previous comments, it would have to go off in a whole new direction, perhaps another country and a new set of characters, which could work well. Len Wiseman had at one point also been considering an Underworld spin-off TV series but nothing more has been heard about that project.