Kate Winslet addresses feud rumors with ‘Titanic’ director James Cameron
nypost.comWinslet told Variety in an interview published Wednesday. Cameron told the outlet, “There was never a rift between us. She had a little postpartum depression when she let go of Rose.
She and I have talked about the fact that she goes really, really deep, and her characters leave a lasting, sometimes dramatic impression on her.”The feud rumors stemmed from comments Winslet made in a Rolling Stone interview in 1998, three months after “Titanic’s” release.
She said, “I would only work for Jim Cameron again for a lot of money.” “Titanic” launched Winslet to superstardom, but it was a bumpy road, as she also got many scathing remarks about her body. “I actually felt a bit beaten up by it, truth be told,” she told Variety. “I had a lovely family, but all my family saw is, ‘My God, Kate’s got work in a really big film.’ One doesn’t want to turn around to your mum and dad and say, ‘It’s really hard, actually.’”Winslet has previously revealed that she got called “fat” during that hit movie’s heyday, and that she found media comments to be “bullying” and “borderline abusive.” Winslet said that the Met Gala this year made her happy to see how society has progressed since her “Titanic” days. “I really was smiling, because every single image of the women on the red carpet, every woman is sharing their body in the way they want to, on their terms,” she told Variety. “And knowing they can do that safely, because the media is not going to criticize them.
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