Kate Winslet is one of the most well-respected and kind actresses in Hollywood. She has made a name for herself for being exceptionally talented at her art, starring in massive projects like The Reader, the Avatar franchise, the Divergent franchise, and Jude, but the project she is most well known for is the classic 1997 movie, Titanic.
The movie launched her as well as her co-star, Leonardo DiCaprio into stardom. The movie won a total of eleven Oscars and Winslet also received a nomination for Best Actress for her role. Aside from this, the movie resulted in her and DiCaprio becoming extremely close friends, however, many wonder if they were ever more than that.
Kate Winslet Was Afraid She Would Catch Feelings For Leonardo DiCaprio During Titanic
Whenever Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio have been asked about the status of their relationship, the two have always stated that they are really good friends. However, during an interview with Rolling Stone, Winslet revealed that that was not always the case. She mentioned that when she started to work on the Titanic, she was afraid that she might end up falling for DiCaprio as at the time he was known as a heartthrob, having just starred in Romeo + Juliet.
“Y’know, working with Leonardo DiCaprio — he’s a bit gorgeous, and I was worried that I was going to be bowled over by him, or that he was going to find me all stuffy and Shakespearean and English,” Winslet told Rolling Stone. “But the second we met, we just completely clicked.” She continued, “We’d do the most ridiculous things to each other.” She added, “He’d be tickling me, groping me, winding me up. And I’d be doing the same thing back, sort of grabbing his bum.”
The actress went on to say that she was afraid that he would think that she was boring, but when the two met, they hit off immediately and ended up getting really close to each other. They would have a lot of fun and do a lot of silly things together. DiCaprio revealed that they became very close very quickly and look out for each other a lot.
Kate Winslet Questioned Her Feelings Towards Leonardo DiCaprio While Filming Titanic
Kate Winslet revealed that during filming an iconic scene with Leonardo DiCaprio in the Titanic, she had a lapse in her feeling towards the actor. She mentioned in an interview that during the intimate scene between Jack and Rose, which takes place in a Renault touring car in the hold of the ship, the line between acting and reality became quite blurry for her.
“Doing that scene, ‘it so wasn’t us. And yet, we were so locked into what all that had to be about. The Rose in me was really sort of loving the Jack in him, actually. And even though I didn’t feel that way about Leo, it was quite nice to sort of feel that way in the scene. It was quite lovely. And then, y’know, the camera stopped rolling, and he gets up and walks off, and the scene’s done. And I remember lying there thinking, ‘What a shame that’s over.’ Because it was quite nice. It was.”
She stated that she got a little too into her character, forgetting for a second that she was not Rose from the movie and DiCaprio was not Jack and got a little carried away. She added that even though she did not have feelings for him, that moment felt very nice to her. After the scene was over, however, she was quite disappointed for a second at DiCaprio’s indifference.
Source: CheatSheet
