Kate Winslet still remembers what it was like to be embarrassed.
ua 60 minutes In an interview published on Sunday, December 1, the Oscar winner (49) looked back on her career and at one point held back tears.
While discussing her breakout role in the TitanicWinslet is featured Hey! News clip from the 1998 Golden Globes red carpet, where the on-air host can be heard saying that the actress looked “a little melted and wasted” in the dress and that she “needs two sizes up and she’ll be fine.” absolutely horrible,” he replied The reader star, who won best actress at the 2009 Academy Awards.
When asked if she had ever confronted the press over their comments, Winslet admitted that she had “face-to-face” with some.
“I let them do it. I said, ‘I hope this haunts you,'” she recalled saying.
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet at the 1998 Golden Globe Awards.
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“It was a great moment,” he said Lee the actress added as she fought back tears 60 minutes. “It was a great moment because it was not only for me, but also for all those people who were exposed to that level of bullying. It was horrible. It was very bad.”
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Winslet recently starred in Leebiopic that follows famed photojournalist Lee Miller as she chronicles the events of World War II for Vogue. During the filming of the film, which Winslet also produced, the star said she brought “armour” to the role.
“People say, ‘Oh, you were so brave for this role, you didn’t wear any makeup. You know, you had wrinkles.’ Do we say to men, ‘Oh, you were so brave for this role, you grew a beard,'” Winslet asked.
“That’s not bravery, that’s role-playing,” she continued.
Crew member on Lee he even suggested that Winslet “vacuum and sit down” to avoid showing her “lumps”. However, Winslet said she refused to hide her curves, noting: “I don’t think Lee would do that [that]. It’s about realizing that Lee’s ease with her physical self is hard-won.”
While promoting the film in October, the mother of three spoke with PEOPLE at the Women in Film gala about how she handles mistakes, noting that she tries “not to be hard on myself.”
“I think women in general are hard on ourselves all the time,” she said. “It’s a terrible waste of energy, and I don’t want to ever look back on my life and think to myself, ‘I wish I’d been kinder to myself.’ ”
“I want to do it now and I will always do it,” he said Heavenly creatures star added. “So that’s what I do.”
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