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Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are probably the most famous couples in Hollywood that were not romantically involved. Having starred in one of the most iconic movies of all time, Winslet and DiCaprio found themselves becoming best friends onboard the sets ofTitanic.
During their first meeting, Kate Winslet was worried that she and Leonardo DiCaprio might not get along. All her worries vanished, however, as they both were equally childish and used to goof around on the sets of the 1997 film.
Kate Winslet Was Afraid of Not Getting Along With Leonardi DiCaprio
With a friendship that has lasted over 25 years, Kate Winslet and Leonardi DiCaprio met on the sets of the 1997 filmTitanic.Directed by James Cameron, the movie saw Winslet falling in love with DiCaprio’s character of Jack Dawson onboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic.
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The couple was praised for the chemistry between them. With a visible difference in class (shown in the film), their acting was so perfect that it almost felt like true love.Kate Winslet, on the other hand, was afraid of not getting along with theInceptionactor before they met. In an interview with Rolling Stone, theAvatar: The Way of Wateractress revealed how she and DiCaprio became friends instantly on the sets ofTitanic.
“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, but the second we met, we just completely clicked.”
The actress further talked about how they would goof on sets and do“the most ridiculous things to each other”
“We’d do the most ridiculous things to each other. He’d be tickling me, groping me, winding me up. And I’d be doing the same thing back, sort of grabbing his bum.”
Although both the actors had the time of their lives while shooting the movie, Winslet faced some backlash following the release of the film. As per the actress, the intense spotlight made her feel vulnerable in front of the public eye, and mainstream media“vilified”her!
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Kate Winslet Was Vilified By Mainstream Media
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In a recent interview with Vogue, Winslet revealed the dark side of mainstream media when she originally found fame with the release ofTitanic.She stated that she had to look after herself which she found out the hard way after getting famous.
“I’m not going to lie, I’ve absolutely learned how to look after myself the hard way. What I really remember vividly is that when I did Titanic and was so thrust into the public eye, I was shocked and horrified by how vilified I was by mainstream media.”
The actress noted that the mainstream media primarily focused on body shaming but she assumed that this vilification has stopped in these recent times. With over 11 Oscars to its name, the Kate Winslet andLeonardo DiCapriostarrer,Titanicis available to stream on Prime Video.
Source:Rolling Stone
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
