Kate Winslet was distressed by the consequences of the Titanic movie – 2024-02-16 08:36:49

Actress Kate Winslet, 48, is remembered, among other things, for the lead role in the classic film Titanic. Now Winslet says that with the film’s popularity, she felt uncomfortable with the publicity.

– I felt like I had to look a certain way or be a certain way, and because the media intrusion was so significant at that time, my life was quite unpleasant, Winslet admitted according to People magazine.

– Journalists always said: ‘After Titanic, you could have done anything, but you still decided to do these little things’. And I said, ‘Yes, you can be sure that I did.’ Because guess what, fame was terrible.

The Titanic movie was released in 1997, when Winslet was 22 years old.

The downsides of publicity

This isn’t the first time Winslet has spoken about her post-Titanic fame. In 2021 WTF with Marc Maron In the episode of the podcast, he recalled the downsides of publicity. Then he said that he was bullied by the British media.

– I faced a lot of personal physical scrutiny and criticism. The British media was actually quite unkind to me. I remember thinking this is horrible and I hope it goes away. It passed, but it also made me realize that if this is publicity, I’m not ready for it, Winslet said at the time.

Actress Kate Winslet opened up about the shadow side of the public. AOP/EPA