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Kate Winslet (left) and Emma Thompson (right).Photo:Mike Marsland/WireImage, Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via GettyWise wordsEmma Thompsononce shared withKate Winslethave stayed with herSense & Sensibilitycostar through the years.Winslet, now 48, was relatively new to show business when she acted alongside established star Thompson, now 65, who wrote the screenplay and costarred in the 1995 adaptation of the Jane Austen novel. The two played sisters, and developed a bond.“She has a groundedness and a clarity of perception about the industry as a whole,” Winslet said during a conversation with moderator Josh Horowitz at The 92nd Street YCenter for Culture & Arts in New York City on Sept.
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Kate Winslet poses for ‘Harper’s Bazaar U.K.’ shoot.Photo:Harper’s Bazaar UK/Alexi LubomirskiKate Winsletalready knows how she wants to celebrate her 50th birthday next year.In an interview forHarper’s Bazaar U.K.’s September issue, theLeeactress revealed she’s already been making notes on how she wants to embrace entering a new decade.Discussing what she doesn’t want to happen, Winslet — who turns 50 in October 2025 — told the outlet, “I don’t like big parties, and I can’t stand surprises.
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in ‘Titanic’.Photo: 20th Century Fox/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock
Kate Winsletis revealing an interesting fact about thatTitanicdoor scene.
During a92nd Street Y Q&A at an advance screening of her upcoming movieLeeon Monday, Sept. 23 in New York City, theinfamous door momentin the 1997 film came up in conversation yet again.
It’s been a debate for years whetherLeonardo DiCaprio’sJack Dawsoncould havefit on the piece of floating balsa woodnext toWinslet’s Rose Dewitt Bukaterafter the ship sank.
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Kate Winslet (left) on Sept. 21 and in ‘Heavenly Creatures’ (right).Photo:Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage; Miramax/courtesy Everett Collection
Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage; Miramax/courtesy Everett Collection
Thirty years after making her movie debut as a teenager in 1994’sHeavenly Creatures,Kate Winsletis reflecting on what she calls her “unlikely” rise to fame.
“I was kind of a little street urchin who got lucky, really,” Winslet tells PEOPLE. “I’m a very unlikely success story, to be quite honest with you.
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in 1997’s ‘Titanic’.Photo: 20th Century Fox/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock
Kate Winsletis addressing the often-debatedTitanicdoor scene — which, according to her, may not even be a “door” scene after all.While speaking with Australian talk showThe Projectand promoting her performance in Ellen Kuras' new biopicLee, the 49-year-old Academy Award winner said that the “door” featured in the iconicTitanicscene wasn’t really a door, but rather another piece of the set.When asked if there was “room on the door” for costarLeonardo DiCaprio— whose characterJack Dawsonheld onto thepiece of floating woodafter the ship sank — Winslet, who playedRose Dewitt Bukater, said that she knew the interviewer would “ask me that question.