In an industry that tends to glamorize what we see on t.v, hiding all the blemishes and
flaws that make a person human, Kate Winslet is the change everyone has been waiting for,
but it hasn't been an easy fight. For her explosive comeback in Mare of Eastwood, Kate
has had to battle it out with editors who were blurring her wrinkles and changing her body on
screen. "I loved her marks and her scars and her faults and her flaws and the fact that she has no
off switch, no stop button. She just knows 'Go.'" When it comes to body image, Kate wants nothing
but to create a healthy and honest perception, and she'll do whatever it takes to make it happen.
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Winslet sent Twitter into a frenzy by remaining
authentic and bearing all her flaws and insecurities for all the world to see.
"she is so real, this is my obsession," one user posted
"this is how it ought to be, with realness and conviction."
Why is the Holiday actress on everyone's lips?
Winslet plays the raw and unrefined character of Marianne "Mare" Sheehan. A detective who tries,
by all means, to keep her life from falling apart while attempting to uncover a murder mystery!
The inspiration for her character came from the actress's father.
Which makes sense, considering how rough and rugged Mare is.
"My dad actually reminds me quite a lot of Mare, to be honest." the actress shared.
"He basically moves like Mare and eats like Mare."
Hollywood is known for chewing up stars and spitting them out,
especially when that star is a female hitting the forty-year-old age mark. If they're not willing
to get botox or surgery to keep a commercially attractive figure, they are not welcome on the
screen. However, Winslet seems to be following in the footsteps of the iconic Meryl Streep,
embracing her body and not falling prey to Hollywood's insane beauty standard.
Mare of Eastwood is as real as it gets. Winslet strived to show herself in a natural light.
You see those small wrinkles here and there? The production team had edited them out, and the
confident actress demanded that they remove the effects and show her face in its natural form. No
filters, no airbrush, no photoshop. Just a woman the entire world can relate to on many scales.
"I'm like: 'Guys, I know how many lines I have by the side of my eye, please put them all back,'"
If Kate had an Instagram account, it would probably be the most unfiltered one to ever
exist because the actress's attitude right now is very much "what you see is what you get."
She wants you to see all the fat, the cellulite, the imperfections that make us all human,
and she won't stop until Hollywood embraces it. In the same spirit, the actress fought for
a scene where her "bulgy bit of belly" was edited out, telling the director,
"Don't you dare.". Winslet didn't want to show non-realistic body standards - playing the role
of a hardcore cop who strives for honesty. Winslet was not about to compromise that trait now.
Winslet's "no-nonsense" attitude is not only aimed at the editing team.
The actress made it clear that she has no time for tabloids who ask her questions with no substance.
At a Q and A session for the Hollywood Times,
Winslet shut down a reporter who wanted the star's opinion on the Bennifer romance rumors.
"You can't stop reading about Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez," one of the statements read,
to which Winslet fired back,
"What? No! I've never read about Jennifer in my life. What are these questions?"
Though she advocated for it,
the actress is not looking forward to shooting another nude scene anytime soon.
"It's not even really an age thing, actually," she said. "There comes a
point where people are going to go: 'Oh, here she goes again.'"
Winslet, who has always been considered one of Hollywood's gorgeous bombshells, struggled with
body issues in the past. At just the young age of nineteen, like many child actors, the young
Titanic star was often sexualized and left feeling as though there was a constant magnifying glass on
her, searching for flaws. But even then, Kate saw the media's distasteful scrutiny for what it was.
"In my 20s, people would talk about my weight a
lot. And I would be called to comment on my physical self.
Well, then I got this label of being ballsy and outspoken. No, I was just defending myself."
Winslet was shocked at the criticism she found on older articles about her,
where the journalists were, quote, "straight-up cruel."
Kate is not the only leading lady in Hollywood who seems to have taken a stand when it comes
to matters concerning her body. Earlier this year, Pirate of the Caribbean's Keira Knightly
announced that she would no longer agree to shoot intimate scenes if a man was directing it.
Winslet a boss woman at work, and also a superwoman at home. The
actress is a mother to three little boys and married to a doting stay-at-home dad.
His biggest priorities are taking care of their blended family and being a supportive life partner
to Winslet. No, seriously, those are the most important factors in his life. If you google "Ned
Rocknroll", as formally known, his description is nothing other than "Kate Winslet's Husband."
"He looks after us, especially me. I said to him earlier, like, 'Neddy,
could you do something for me?' He just went, 'Anything,'" she shared,
adding, "He is an absolutely extraordinary life partner".
Ned, who included Kate's last name as one of his middle names, is more than just a family man.
Though he was diagnosed with severe dyslexia, which makes it impossibly hard for him to read,
the supportive husband still goes out of his way to help Kate read her lines.
With all the attention his wife gets, you would think a shy and quiet Ned would be
overwhelmed with the judgment that comes with being in the spotlight.
But he takes it with a stride, like the true gentleman he is.
With all the tough-as-nails energy that Kate has, Ned seems like the perfect opposite to
balance out their relationship. He continues to bring calm in her life,
especially when she's a little too hard on herself, like when she was uncertain
about her character’s morals and he was there to drive out her doubtful thoughts.
"In episode one, she's having sex on a couch. I said to my husband, 'Am I OK with that?
Is it all right that I'm playing a middle-aged woman who is a grandmother who does really make
a habit of having one-night stands?' He's like, 'Kate, it's great. Let her do it.'"
Things weren't always dandy for the star who hasn't been that lucky in love. The hopeless
romantic had her heart broken three times before meeting the current man of her dreams.
It all began with Stephen Tredre. Like many Hollywood stars, the pair met on the set of a
show, Dark Season. Though they had a controversial twelve-year age gap between them at the time,
with Winslet being twenty-eight and Stephen as young as fifteen,
their love proved that, for some, age is nothing but a number.
Their relationship lasted for a good five years, but they did not make it to exchanging their vows.
Two years after the couple split, shortly before the Hollywood premiere of Titanic,
Winslet received the most dreadful news. Stephen had passed away from bone cancer,
and it was only fitting for a devastated Kate to miss the movie premiere
and take the opportunity to say goodbye to her ex-lover.
Winslet managed to pick up the pieces of her broken heart when she met her first husband,
an Indie film director who isolated Kate from her friends and family,
and constantly made her second guess herself. Of course, the actress,
who says it was love at first sight, could've never guessed the turn of events.
"I arrived and saw this rather glorious-looking blond boy with fantastic blue eyes, and I just
went, 's**t,' because I knew that was it and there was nothing either of us could do about it,"
The couple tied the knot that same year, but divorced three years later,
shortly after having their firstborn.
Winslet, who had lost control of her "instinct" during the marriage,
was more than happy to have her freedom back when they called it quits.
Just months after their divorce, Kate met her second husband, Sam Mendes. The short time frame
between the two romances led many to believe that their relationship began as an affair.
The couple married in 2003, instantly welcoming their son that same year. But after seven years
of marriage and rumors of another woman in their relationship, the two went their separate ways.
And well, you know all about her third marriage that seems to be going strong.
It seems like Winslet is not only the "Lady Hawk" when the cameras are on,
but she shares similar traits with her character in real life too.
She does not take crap from anyone. She's unfiltered and all about wearing flaws PROUDLY.
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