Over the years, Kate Winslet has solidified her place as one of the greats.
As Rose in “Titanic,” Winslet established herself asthequintessential English rose.
Curious to learn even more about the indomitable actress?
Here are some of the things you never knew about Kate Winslet.
Winslet even made a moodymusic videofor the song!
In 2017, Winslet explained toBBC Radio 1how the music video came about.
However, when they released the song, they didn’t mention the charity.
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she said, cringing and covering her eyes.
Clearly, Winslet would rather forget her pop star days!
However, as she explained in aninterview, she didn’t even make the final cut.
“I was the left arm in the right of frame,” Winslet laughed.
We totally love this idea but we worry that award is covered in germs!
It turns out, Winslet almost dated her co-star, but he ended up marrying Thompson instead!
As Thompson explained on “The Graham Norton Show” (viaHello!
It happened when her mother booked her a salon appointment before a wedding.
Trying to save her mother some money, Winslet hid under the kitchen table and cut her own hair.
Unfortunately, her next haircut didn’t go quite so well.
Apparently, she even remembers seeing a little bit of his ear fall to the ground!
Luckily, the man in question now thinks of his ear scar as a “claim to fame.”
But nevertheless, it’s no wonder Winslet gave up her dreams of hairdressing so quickly!
However, there was a time early in her career when leaders in theentertainmentindustry took issue with her appearance.
As she explained toNPR, when she was young, she was a lot heavier.
In fact, kids in her school bullied her and called her “blubber.”
Funnily enough, Winslet also kept a secret piece of jewelry.
However, it wasn’t the necklace.
“People stole the White Star Line cups and saucers,” she said.
“I was good.”
Has Kate Winslet ever had feelings for Leonardo DiCaprio?
The pair have never dated, but they are super close friends.
We honestly cannot think of anything cuter.
This meant that the pair could always have a solid platonic relationship.
Wow, that isn’t just impressive that’s almost superhuman!
As Winslet explained toThe Guardian, breath-holding is certainly not easy.
In fact, her husband who trained with her once blacked out.
Apparently, the water was actually very, very cold during the filming of the scene.
As Winslet revealed toStephen Colberton “The Late Show,” she ended up getting hypothermia while filming.
“You were really cold?”
“Yeah, I was really f***ing cold,” an indignant Winslet retorted.
Sounds like this was one time when Winslet took suffering for her art a little too far.
However, when she started out, she was very careful to keep her famous mother a secret.
As Winslet explained on “Lorraine,” this was to avoid being accused of nepotism.
One of Threapleton’s first projects was an indie film.
Of course, now everyone knows that Threapleton is Winslet’s daughter.
And it seems that the young actress has a bright future ahead of her.
She once directed her own intimate scene
Many actors eventually get into some behind-the-camera work.
For Kate Winslet, her first directorial experience happened by accident.
Apparently, the plan for the day was far too complicated.
There was a plan to do over 20 shots and the director admitted to being pretty “nervous.”
It seems like they were pretty lucky that Winslet took charge or that scene might never have been made!
Kate Winslet spent her lockdown with a whole lot of family.
For Winslet, spending time at home with her extended family meant rediscovering some of the joys of domesticity.
As she toldThe Guardian, she became “obsessed with sweeping the kitchen floor.”
The lockdown also meant Winslet got some much-needed me-time.
At first, it wasn’t easy.
“I had to teach myself how to relax,” she toldGrazia.
Eventually, Winslet got used to unwinding and let herself take some real time off with her family.
“I’m just going easy on myself,” she said.
“I’m at an age now where things are changing all the time.
“I will never give in.
