For twenty-five years, the theory according to which Jack and Rose Dawson could both have survived the sinking of the Titanic continues to be talked about.
Many fans of James Cameron's film claim that the hero played by Leonardo DiCaprio could also have fit on the wooden door that kept Kate Winslet's character afloat on the ocean.
Asked about it, the actress shared her point of view on the matter in an episode of the American podcast
Happy Sad Confused
broadcast on December 16.
"I do not know.
That's the answer... I don't know,” she said cautiously at first.
Before finally taking sides: “I have to be honest.
In fact, I don't think we would have survived if we had climbed that door together.
I think he could have landed, but it would have flipped... and it wouldn't have been a tenable idea.
So, you will have heard it here for the first time: yes, he could have put himself on this door, but it could not have kept us afloat”, she declares.
In video: the other end of
Titanic
imagined by James Cameron
body shaming
Then, Kate Winslet reveals another darker aspect resulting from these public and media speculations.
When the film was released in 1997, the Oscar-winning actress said she suffered inappropriate comments about her body and her weight because of this famous scene.
"Apparently I was 'too big'
(for that wooden door, editor's note)
," she says, wondering, "Isn't that horrible?
Why were they so mean to me?
They were so mean... I wasn't even fat."
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This nonsense of commenting on women's bodies and looks is getting better, but we still have a long way to go
Kate Winslet on the 'Happy Sad Confused' Podcast
According to her, the way of talking about women's bodies has changed a lot since the end of the 1990s. If she were given a chance to go back in time, she says she would react more strongly to the "bodyshaming" she suffered. at the time.
“If I could go back, I would have used my voice in a completely different way.
I reportedly said to reporters, "Don't you dare treat me like that. I'm a young woman. My body is changing. I'm trying to get by. I'm deeply lacking in self-confidence, I I'm terrified. Don't make it any harder than it already is."
It's harassment.
I would even say that it is on the verge of abuse, ”she says in the podcast.
And to conclude: "If it happened nevertheless,
a young actor would really react exactly like I just did.
This nonsense of commenting on women's bodies and appearances is getting better, but we still have a long way to go."
This is not the first time that the L'Oréal Paris muse has raised these issues.
Already, in an interview granted recently to
Madame Figaro
, she evoked this unpleasant media treatment: “At that time, at the end of the 1990s, the press had no regard for actresses.
Women's physique was discussed shamelessly and the bodies and weight of the actresses were commented on in particular.
I remember this time very well and, in retrospect, it seems shameful to me, ”she confided to us.
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Titanic