She may have been away from her year, but this Flaunt magazine spread and cover both further the point that Kate Beckinsale‘s still got it. She’s gearing up for the release of her film Underworld: Awakening — it’s the fourth installment of the Underworld series — where Kate will reprise her role as Selene, the vampire warrior. But did you know that while growing up, the actress had a lot more … erudite claims to fame? She was twice awarded Best Writer of the Year in England. “I was given the prize by Ted Hughes. It was the most exciting thing to this day. she reveals. “It was like, ‘Oh my god, I’m actually getting a poetry prize from Ted Hughes. He’s read it, and he’s picked me.’ That was crazy. What happened?” And then she went and studied Russian and French Lit at New College, Oxford. Who woulda thunk it?
Read the rest of the interview here, and watch the trailer of Underworld: Awakening after the jump. [Photo: Flaunt Magazine]
