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BY 1995, KATE WINSLET WAS A RESPECTED FILM ACTRESS
WITH AN OSCAR NOMINATION TO HER CREDIT.
THEN SHE WAS CAST AS THE FEMALE LEAD IN "TITANIC,"
AND, WELL, THE REST IS HISTORY.
WHEN I HAD SHOT "TITANIC"
AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOOTING THE FILM,
PEOPLE WOULD SAY TO ME ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW,
"YOUR LIFE IS GOING TO CHANGE.
"HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT?"
AND I'D BE VERY KIND OF, "NO, IT'S NOT.
"MY LIFE ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE.
"WHY ON EARTH WOULD THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN TO ME?"
BUT IT DID CHANGE. IT COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED.
GOOD GRACIOUS.
PERHAPS AS A REMINDER
OF MY FEELINGS FOR YOU.
IS IT A--
DIAMOND? YES.
56 CARATS TO BE EXACT.
IT WAS WORN BY LOUIS XVI,
AND THEY CALLED IT "LE COUR DE LA MER."
THE HEART OF THE OCEAN.
YES.
ACTRESSES LIKE KATE,
CHILD ACTRESSES IN PARTICULAR,
JUST HOPE TO MAKE A LIVING IN THE THEATER, ONSTAGE,
IN THE ENGLISH TRADITION.
AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH FOR HER.
SHE WASN'T SOMEBODY WHO HAD GREAT DREAMS OF STARDOM,
OF THE GLITZ AND GLAMOUR OF HOLLYWOOD,
OF APPEARING IN A BIG-BUDGET HOLLYWOOD MOVIE.
SO WHEN SHE GOT "TITANIC," IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS
REALLY OUT OF THE BLUE, UNEXPECTED.
I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE HARD TO EVEN IMAGINE
WHAT YOU WERE GETTING YOURSELF INTO.
I KNOW. I HAD NO IDEA.
AND I REMEMBER READING THE SCRIPT
TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
AND EVERY TIME THERE'D BE
A TINY LITTLE DESCRIPTION SAYING, YOU KNOW,
"JACK AND ROSE RUN DOWN WATER-LOGGED CORRIDOR."
I'D THINK, "OH, OKAY."
AND SOMEHOW IN MY HEAD, I WOULD--
I WOULDN'T SEE MYSELF DOING THOSE THINGS.
AND, ALSO, I SORT OF ASSUMED THAT THEY WOULDN'T
REALLY NECESSARILY TAKE THAT LONG TO SHOOT.
BUT THE THING WITH "TITANIC" WAS THAT
IF THERE WAS A LINE SCENE DESCRIPTION LIKE,
YOU KNOW, ONE LINE, IT TOOK TWO DAYS TO FILM.
I MEAN, IT LITERALLY TOOK TWO DAYS TO FILM
BECAUSE OF THE WATER, AND THERE I WAS, YOU KNOW?
IT'S MIGHTY COLD.
DURING THE SHOOT, RUMORS RAN RAMPANT--
THE FILM WAS WAY OVER BUDGET,
DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON
WAS WORKING HIS ACTORS TO THE BONE,
THE STUDIO WAS GOING TO SHUT DOWN PRODUCTION--
EVERY DAY ANOTHER STORY.
IS THERE ONE, THOUGH, ONE DAY THAT WAS
REALLY DREADFUL, THAT STICKS OUT?
WHEN WE HAD TO SHOOT THE SCENE
WHEN LEO WAS-- SORRY JACK--
IS HANDCUFFED TO THE PIPE,
AND ROSE COMES AND RESCUES HIM
AND SMASHES THE HANDCUFFS APART
WITH AN AXE.
THAT WAS TERRIBLE BECAUSE IT WAS
A REALLY SMALL SET THAT WE FLOODED.
AND THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS
FLOATING IN THE WATER,
PIECES OF FURNITURE, CHAIRS, YOU KNOW,
JUST GENERAL DEBRIS ALL OVER THE PLACE,
PAPERS, SO MUCH STUFF.
AND ALL OF THESE ITEMS, IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM
IN A RELATIVELY STABLE POSITION
WITHIN THE WATER,
THEY ALL HAD THESE REALLY FINE WIRES
THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM OF THEM
THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE FLOOR.
SO THAT THEY LOOKED THE SAME
PRETTY MUCH IN EACH SHOT.
AND I HAD TO BASH MY WAY
THROUGH ALL THIS STUFF,
WHICH WAS MOVING CONSTANTLY
BECAUSE OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE WATER
AND EVERYTHING
AND THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE WATER,
WHICH WAS CHANGING CONTINUOUSLY
THROUGHOUT THE SCENE.
THE FOLLOWING DAY,
I HAD DEEP, LIKE BLOOD BRUISES
ALL OVER MY BODY, TO THE POINT WHERE
THE MAKEUP ARTISTS WERE LIKE,
"OH, THAT'S A FANTASTIC BRUISE.
"CAN WE JUST TAKE
"A QUICK POLAROID OF THAT FOR RESEARCH?"
SO THEY COULD COPY BRUISES
WHENEVER THEY HAD TO DO BRUISE MAKEUP.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST SO EXTREME.
I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE EMOTIONALLY JUST,
BEING WET AND BEING...
OH, IT WAS REALLY TOUGH, YEAH.
I STILL CRY EVERY TIME I...
OH, DO YOU?
I REALLY DO. DIDN'T YOU CRY?
UM, YEAH, I DID.
I DID THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT BECAUSE
I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT I WAS IN THE FILM.
I MEAN, COME ON. EVERY TIME.
THE FILM OPENED IN DECEMBER 1997,
AND THE ENTIRE WORLD BECAME CAUGHT UP
IN THE TRAGIC ROMANCE OF JACK AND ROSE,
PLAYED BY LEONARDO DiCAPRIO AND KATE WINSLET.
WHEN OSCAR NOMINATIONS WERE ANNOUNCED...
KATE WINSLET IN "TITANIC."
THE FILM RECEIVED 13,
INCLUDING ONE FOR KATE AS BEST ACTRESS.
I THINK THE THING FOR ME
THAT FEELS SO INCREDIBLE ABOUT THIS NOMINATION
IS THAT THE CATEGORY,
THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY OF WOMEN ARE JUST AMAZING,
JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
I MEAN, I ADMIRE ALL OF THEM AND ALWAYS HAVE DONE.
AND FOR ME TO BE ONE OF THEM, IT'S SORT OF,
"GOD, THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT SOMEHOW."
BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT VERY MUCH,
AND MY MUM AND DAD WILL COME WITH ME,
AND IT'S JUST SO WONDERFUL THAT "TITANIC" HAS BEEN
NOMINATED FOR SO MANY AWARDS
AND ACKNOWLEDGED IN THIS WAY.
AGAIN, KATE DIDN'T TAKE HOME THE GOLD.
BUT THANKS TO "TITANIC,"
WHICH EVENTUALLY MADE A BILLION DOLLARS,
KATE WAS NOW AN INTERNATIONAL MOVIE STAR.
SOME IN THE MEDIA DUBBED HER "THE ENGLISH ROSE."
SHE'S OUR KATE.
EVERYBODY LOVES HER BECAUSE SHE'S TALENTED,
BEAUTIFUL, SENSITIVE, SWEET, COMPASSIONATE,
AND JUST A NICE GIRL
WHO SEEMS TO HAVE HER HEAD ON HER SHOULDERS
AND HER FEET FIRMLY ON THE GROUND,
WHICH IS WHY EVERYBODY ADORES HER.
YOUR LIFE REALLY DID EXPLODE.
EXPLODE, YEAH, IT DID. IT COMPLETELY EXPLODED.
I REMEMBER I WAS IN INDIA
RESEARCHING "HOLY SMOKE,"
AND I WAS WALKING IN THE FOOTHILLS
OF THE HIMALAYAS
AND THERE WAS AN OLD MAN
WALKING TOWARDS ME.
I MEAN, A VERY OLD MAN, LIKE 80, 85,
WITH A WALKING STICK
AND KIND OF HESSIAN, SACKING CLOTHING.
AND HE JUST SORT OF
STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME,
AND I WAS KIND OF TRYING TO GET PAST HIM
ON THIS LITTLE PATH.
AND HE JUST WENT, "YOU...TITANIC."
AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.
I JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.
AND THAT'S WHEN I THOUGHT,
OKAY, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY REACHED
SOME EXTREME PLACES, THIS FILM,
AND, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID FOR THAT.
NO, TO THIS DAY, I FEEL REALLY THRILLED
TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF SOMETHING SO TOUCHING
AND MAGNIFICENT AND EPIC IN THOSE WAYS.
KATE WAS FEATURED ON DOZENS OF MAGAZINE COVERS,
VOTED ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE,
AND SHOWERED WITH SCRIPTS.
EVERYONE WANTED TO KNOW, WHAT WOULD KATE DO NEXT?
IT'S E! ENTERTAINMENT.
COMING UP, THE OFFERS POUR IN,
AND KATE SHOCKS HOLLYWOOD.
OH, THEY HAD A MINI HEART ATTACK.
AND LATER, BODY IMAGE.
I WAS REALLY, REALLY BIG.