Winslet starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in James Cameron's 1997 movie based on and named after RMS Titanic, the cruise ship which tragically sunk after hitting an iceberg in 1912.In one of the final scenes, she and Leo's character Jack are seen in the water as her character Rose climbs onto floating debris after the boat sank.
Actress Kate Winslet detailed horrifying body shaming from
"borderline abusive" fans following the release of the iconic Hollywood-hit
'Titanic'.
The actress, 47, slammed the "bullying" she received
from some viewers who said she was "too fat" while she battled feeling
"deeply insecure",
Winslet starred
alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in James Cameron's 1997 movie based on and named
after RMS Titanic, the cruise ship which tragically sunk after hitting an
iceberg in 1912.
In one of the final scenes, she and Leo's character Jack are
seen in the water as her character Rose climbs onto floating debris after
the boat sank.
Speaking of the comments made from movie buffs
about that pivotal scene in a recent episode of the Happy Sad Confused
podcast, she said: "Apparently I was too fat."
"Why were they so
mean to me? They were so mean. I wasn't even f*****g fat," she explained.
She
explained how she wishes she had replied to the horrible comments at the
time, adding: "I would have responded. I would have said, 'Don't you dare
treat me like this. I'm a young woman, my body is changing, I'm figuring it
out, I'm deeply insecure, I'm terrified, don't make this any harder than it
already is'.
"'That's bullying, you know, and actually borderline abusive',
I would say."
Winslet has openly discussed body shaming in the
past as she revealed she was cruelly told to settle for "fat girl" roles
during her time at acting school.
She said: "It can be extremely
negative. People are subject to scrutiny that is more than a young,
vulnerable person can cope with. But, in the film industry, it is really
changing. When I was younger my agent would get calls saying, 'How's her
weight?' I kid you not. So it's heartwarming that this has started to
change."
Her comments come after it was emerged that her co-star
Leonardo narrowly avoided losing his iconic role in Titanic after a row
on-set with the film's director James Cameron.
Cameron detailed
threatening to send the then 20-something actor packing after he refused to
take part in a vital part of production.
He had instructed
DiCaprio to take part in a chemistry screen test alongside Winslet.
"He
didn't know he was going to test," Cameron said.
"He came in, he
thought it was another meeting to meet Kate."
Cameron told GQ: "I
said, 'okay, we'll just go in the next room we'll run some lines and I'll
video it.' And (Leo) said, 'you mean I'm reading?' and I said 'Yeah'. He
said, 'I don't read.'
"And I said, 'Well,' and I shook his hand
and I said, 'Thanks for coming by'." Leo reportedly responded: "Wait, wait,
wait. You mean if I don't read, I don't get the part, just like that?"
