Ahead of the film’s 25th anniversary, Kate Winslet recently reflected on the moment where her character is afloat on a door as Leonardo DiCaprio’s character sinks to his death.
00:00Ahead of Titanic's 25th anniversary, Kate Winslet is reflecting on negative comments she received about her appearance during one particular scene.
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00:18Winslet recently reflected on the moment where her character Rose is saved by floating on a door as Leonardo DiCaprio's character Jack sings to his death.
00:26There's a book, Jack.
00:30Jack.
00:35The actress opened up saying she received fat-shaming comments from viewers regarding the scene.
00:40On Friday's episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the actress told Josh Horowitz that apparently I was too fat,
00:47in reference to people commenting at the time that her character's weight was the reason DiCaprio couldn't get on the door.
00:53She continued,
00:54Winslet has been public about being fat-shamed and bullied when she was growing up.
01:06I'm deeply insecure. I'm terrified. Don't make this any harder than it already is.
01:11That's bullying, you know, and actually borderline abusive, I would say.
01:15Winslet has been public about being fat-shamed and bullied when she was growing up.
01:19In 2017, during a motivational speech to children in London, she said they called me Blubber.
01:24She added that the scrutiny continued when she decided to pursue acting and that casting agents would tell her that she wasn't what they were looking for.
01:32The actress, who won an Oscar for The Reader, told Josh Horowitz that she believes comments on bodies and how women look are getting better,
01:39but that we've still got such a ways to go.
01:41It's such an irresponsible thing to do, and it feeds directly into young women aspiring to ideas of perfection that don't exist.
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