Kate Winslet at ‘The Regime’ premiere in New York City.Photo:John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock
John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock
Kate Winsletis revealing the movie she’s most recognized for.
During an appearance onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonon Wednesday, the actress, 48, told hostJimmy Fallonthat more people recognize her for her role in the 2006 filmThe Holidaythan 1997’sTitanic.
“Did you know thatThe Holidaywould be such a cult classic, a big hit film?” Fallon, 49, askedThe Regimestar.
“People come up to me in the street Holidayand the episode ofExtrasthat I did than Titanic,” Winslet revealed. “I promise you. Especially at Christmas.”
“And actually what’s so lovely is that mothers and daughters come up to me in the grocery store and they say, ‘Oh Kate, we just loveThe Holiday, it’s our little ritual at Christmas,’ ” Winslet continued.
“They have things that they eat every year, they sit down, it’s a tradition and I just love that,” she added. “That’s something I never would have expected actually, the sort of mother-daughter connection around a film like that. It’s so nice. It’s lovely.”
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Winslet played the role of journalist Iris Simpkins inThe Holiday, while she earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Rose inTitanic.
Fallon then went on to point out that not only did Winslet star inTitanic, but she also starred in 2022’sAvatar: The Way of Water. “You’re in two of the biggest films ever made,” noted Fallon.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in ‘Titanic’.CBS via Getty
CBS via Getty
“Why did you have to point that out?” laughed Winslet. “It’s so embarrassing.”
TheMare of Easttownstar then went on to confess that she often forgets she was even inAvatar.
“It’s really funny withAvatarbecause Zoe Saldaña and Sam Worthington and Sigourney [Weaver], it’s been a part of their life for so long and I honestly kind of went in and had an intense two months back in 2018,” she explained. “So when you mentionAvatarI’m like, oh yeah I’m in Avatar … forgot that, forgot I’m inAvatar. But it’s just incredible.”
Kate Winslet on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’.Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images
Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images
“I mean I have to say I’ve just felt so blessed to have had this amazing career but also just to meet these phenomenal people,” she added. “You know that’s one of the loveliest things, especially now I think being part of a film industry that really supports women and is championing young actresses.”
“It’s changed so much,” Winslet said as she explained that when she was younger she would think “be grateful, be grateful, don’t complain, don’t say anything.”
However, she said young actresses now are “like female tennis players, they get out there and they roar and they hit the ball back and they hit it the way they want to hit it.”
source: people.com
