Actress Kate Winslet gave an interview to our colleagues from The Times in which she explains that she was the victim of sexism and grossophobia.
At the end of the 1990s, Kate Winslet shared with Leonardo Di Caprio the poster of titanic. James Cameron’s film quickly established itself as a masterpiece of the 7th art, propelling the careers of the two young actors who played Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater.
A success that the generous Kate Winslet might never have known. Indeed, the one who is proud to share the filming today with her daughter almost never was selected to give the reply to Leonardo Di Caprio in titanic. Kate Winslet confided in the discriminating comments about her weight that she heard when she started in the columns of The Times. At the time, when she was one of the contenders to be on the poster for Titanic, her agent kept receiving inappropriate questions concerning the state of her weight, for example.
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Kate Winslet victim of grossophobia
The Oscar-winning actress admitted that some big names in cinema at the time had even assured her that she would be confined to playing the roles of “fat girls”. “It can be extremely negative. People are subjected to a scrutiny that is beyond what a young and vulnerable person can bear”explains the British actress to our colleagues from The Times. A drift of the film industry that she wishes to denounce.
Kate Winslet also remembers being the victim of jokes about her weight from famous American animators such as Joan Rivers. “If Kate Winslet had lost a few pounds, the Titanic would never have sunk.”allowed the host according to Wio news. Today, the actress has hope when she sees the younger generations embodied by her daughter Mia Threapleton in particular. She is delighted to see young actors being able to denounce this kind of violence in the industry, a sign that things are changing. But the fight continues.
The actress, already rewarded for her talent, must still fight at the age of 47 against discrimination. The heroine of the detective series Mare of Easttown explained having to fight to avoid, for example, that we cut the shots in the editing where we see his belly protruding or not to see his facial wrinkles being removed on the poster of the series.“I know how many wrinkles I have around my eye area, please add them”, she demanded. So there is still a long way to go to change morals.