Kate Winslet reveals deliberate act on set that showed her refusal to be body-shamed
Kate Winslet has shared that she refused to adhere to a crew member's request on her new film about war photographer Lee Miller, and insisted she 'takes pride' in looking her age
And the award for the most inspiring, most uncompromising actress goes to... Kate Winslet, for showing everyone just how comfortable she is in her own skin.
This Hollywood star refuses to be ashamed of looking like the 48-year-old mother-of-two that she is – as a crew member on the set of her new film, about war photographer Lee Miller, discovered.
Kate tells Harper’s Bazaar: "There’s a bit where Lee is sitting on a bench in a bikini. And one of the crew came up between takes and said, ‘you might want to sit up straighter’. So you can’t see my belly rolls? Not on your life! It was deliberate, you know?"
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Asked if she minded looking her age on the big screen, she said: "The opposite. I take pride in it because it is my life on my face, and that matters. It wouldn’t occur to me to cover that up."
Kate refuses to have cosmetic work done, and says: "I think people know better than to say, ‘You might wanna do something about those wrinkles’. I’m more comfortable in myself as each year passes."
The star is 50 in October next year, and has a bucket list of 50 things she wants to do to celebrate. She says: "I want to spend the year doing 50 remarkable things, whether that’s a particular hike I’ve never done, or acts of kindness. I’m gathering a little list."
Kate’s new film, Lee, about the fashion model who became a Second World War photographer for Vogue, is released next month.
In June, Kate opened up about how she felt "beaten up" in the spotlight following her role in the acclaimed film Titanic. Speaking of her role alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1997 blockbuster, she revealed she found it hard to talk about how hurt she was by commentary on her body following her role in it.
Speaking to Variety magazine, she said: "I actually felt a bit beaten up by it, truth be told … 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'."
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