The actress confessed that she and Leonardo DiCaprio have "loved each other for many years," but that it is a platonic feeling that has strengthened their friendship.
More than 24 years ago Kate Winslet met Leonardo DiCaprio in the recording of Titanic, a film as memorable as their love story, but we are not referring to that romantic notion of a couple, but to the affection, support, and complicity that arises between two great friends, as is the case with these two actors, whose relationship has become one of the most enviable in Hollywood.
Their paths joined in 1996 under the direction of James Cameron to play Rose DeWitt and Jack Dawson, protagonists of a passionate romance with a tragic end. Although the chemistry between Kate and Leo in the film is undeniable, the truth is that this love affair never crossed the screen; However, it would be the beginning of a perfect friendship.
The secret of the friendship between Kate and Leonardo
Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio - who were then 21 and 22 years old, respectively - became inseparable from the first days. So it was not strange to find them hugging, sharing the same blanket, or, well, lying on the ground looking at the starry sky, having talks about their lives or existential problems.
They would end up knowing everything about each other, as Kate herself would reveal in an interview for Rolling Stone in which she told an anecdote about the day she discovered how much she knew about Leo, including how he liked sandwiches.
"Leo was so tired," Winslet recalled that the actor had his head resting on his stomach at the time and asked for a sandwich. "The assistant asked, 'How do you want it?' and Leo said, 'Oh, Kate will tell you.' Leo just fell asleep and I knew exactly what he wanted, this kind of cheese, no tomato, and no pickles. I absolutely knew it. And I thought, 'God, that's really weird.' who knows this person so well.' He was brilliant."
After finishing filming Titanic, they were captured together at countless events and galas. They continued their careers, grew up, and faced the difficulties of fame holding hands, which strengthened their friendship and shattered any rumors of a romance.
"The very idea of that was crazy, it would have been absolutely like incest. I have a relationship with Leo that every woman in the world would envy," said Kate Winslet, joking about the kind of romantic relationship that everyone would like to have with him. Oscar winner.
During these two decades of their shared history, Leonardo DiCaprio has had notable romances. Kate Winslet was married three times, the first to director Jim Threapleton, whom she divorced in 2001; the second to filmmaker Sam Mendes, whose marriage ended in March 2010.
In 2014, Kate Winslet gave details of her friendship with DiCaprio: "He always treated me equally, he saw me as another member of the cast and not as his 'prey'. From the beginning we have been able to joke with each other, and we still do . We are twin souls".
Why was there never a romance? This is what the actress said
Such has been the union between the actors and the strong rumors of love that they profess beyond a friendship, that in 2014 Kate Winslet decided to clarify in an interview with Complex the reasons why there never was a romance between them.
"We have loved each other for many years, but the matter is strictly platonic. Our friendship is strong because there is no physical attraction between us. I know it is disappointing for people to hear that, it is special because of the Titanic 'soap opera' We Fell in Love at First Sight', but in reality we never did," he declared.
