Kate Winslet reflects on her path to stardom after starring in the title role Titanic.
The 1997 James Cameron-directed film was a box office success and made Winslet and her co-star Leonardo DiCaprio big stars. However, the extra attention Winslet received from the film was not something she was prepared for.
“I felt like I had to look a certain way, or be a certain thing, and because the media intrusion was so great at that time, my life was very unpleasant,” Winslet said. Porter Magazine.
After a period of silence, she continued: “Journalists will always say: ‘After that.’” Titanic“You could have done anything and yet you chose to do these little things.” …And I said, “Yes, you bet your damn life I did it!” Because, guess what, being famous was terrible.
Winslet was only 22 years old when Titanic The star added: “I was grateful, of course. I was in my early twenties and had managed to get an apartment. “But I didn’t want anyone to follow me while I was literally feeding the ducks.”
Winslet, now 48, says the word fame is “ridiculous” and she no longer considers it a “burden.”
“(Titanic“You continue to bring a great deal of joy to people,” she notes. “The only time I say, ‘Oh my God, hide,’ is when we’re on a boat somewhere.”
Winslet has been open about her struggles with the media in her 20s, which left her feeling self-conscious about her body. In an interview I published Vogue magazine In September 2023, Winslet spoke about why she had to be brave to film a topless scene in the film. for me.
“I had to be really brave about allowing my body to be the softest version of itself and not hide from that,” she told the publication.
It all “stems from being subjected to the most horrific scrutiny and judgment, in fact, I would go so far as to say bullying, from the mainstream media when I was in my 20s,” she said.