Being famous was horrible after 'Titanic': Kate Winslet
- By Web Desk -
- Feb 13, 2024
Hollywood A-lister Kate Winslet reflected on the ‘horrible’ fame, post the release of the blockbuster romance-disaster epic ‘Titanic’.
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Hollywood’s Oscar-winning female star, Kate Winslet revealed why she consciously chose to do smaller projects after James Cameron’s ‘Titanic’, despite the global success of the film.
Reflecting upon the media scrutiny and body image issues after the title, the ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ actor shared, “I felt like I had to look a certain way or be a certain thing, and because media intrusion was so significant at that time.”
Winslet continued, “My life was quite unpleasant. Journalists would always say, ‘After Titanic, you could have done anything and yet you chose to do these small things’… and I was like, ‘Yeah, you bet your life I did! Because, guess what, being famous was horrible.'”
However, despite all these unpleasant aspects, the actor asserted that ‘it is not a burden’ for her, as the film ‘continues to bring people huge amounts of joy’.
“The only time I am like, ‘Oh God, hide,’ is if we are on a boat somewhere,” she quipped.
‘Titanic’, carrying Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater respectively, sailed into theatres on December 19, 1997. The film went on to bag 11 Academy Awards out of the 14 nods, including ‘Best Picture’ and ‘Best Director’ for Cameron.
Moreover, the disaster epic was also the highest-grossing film of all time until 2009, before Cameron’s other juggernaut ‘Avatar’ broke the record.