Almost 25 years after the movie was released TitanicKate Winslet has opened up about the many disparaging comments she received about her weight at the time. “I was obviously very fat. Wasn’t that terrible? Why were people so mean? They were so mean… I wasn’t even fat,” she said on the podcast. happy sad confused.
Translator Rose DeWitt Bukater claims that people make fun of her weight a lot in connection with the famous scene where she floats through the door after the boat sinks. According to them, it was because she was so big that her mate Jack, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, couldn’t get on the makeshift raft.
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Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from Titanic
“I would have said: Don’t you dare treat me this way. I’m young. My body is changing. I’m trying to understand it. I live with insecurities. I’m terrified. Don’t make it harder than it already is. That’s bullying,” she continued.
The scene in which Jack dies of hypothermia has stirred passions since the movie came out in 1997. Could the couple have been able to ride the floating door together? In a recent interview with Toronto SunDirector James Cameron says he conducted a scientific experiment to prove that only one person can survive on a body. This will be presented during a special program that is set to air in February, adds the director.
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