Kate Winslet held her breath underwater for more than seven minutes in "Avatar: The Way of the Water," breaking a record previously held by Tom Cruise.
Kate Winslet reportedly held her breath for seven minutes and 15 seconds on set for Avatar: The Way of Water. Some of the movie's scenes were filmed underwater. It's a remarkable feat; anyone (including professional freedivers) would acknowledge that a breath hold over seven minutes is extremely difficult.
Hollywood's champion of actors who can hold their breath for a long time, Kate Winslet clocked 7 minutes and 14 seconds while making Avatar: The Way of Water, using the same techniques as Sigourney Weaver.
Winslet starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1997 film Titanic, directed by James Cameron. Winslet, who was just 22 years old at the time, is now opening up about what happened after the movie came out.
While Kate Winslet made her acting debut in the early 1990s, she's since starred in countless films that have made her a household name. The award-winning actress is known for movies like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Revolutionary Road, and, of course, Titanic.
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Goodridge, also the United States editor of Screen International, adds that while Winslet has kept a presence on the Hollywood casting wishlist since her success with Titanic in 1997, she has now joined an 'absolute A-list'.
"I think the reason that friendship works is because there was never any romantic thing," she later told Marie Claire. "It's so disappointing for people to hear that because, in the soap opera of the Kate and Leo story, we fell in love at first sight and had a million snogs, but we never did."
Winslet said her workload in 2011 helped her overcome heartbreak from her divorce, and after completing work on Carnage she took a break from acting to focus on her children.
An average Navy SEAL can hold their breath for 2-3 minutes during underwater exercises, but with proper training, some can extend it to 5 minutes or more.
To be fair, Krack tells us, the actress had some help: She inhaled a gas mixture consisting of 50% oxygen − about 30% more than makes up the air we breathe, according to NASA − which allowed Winslet to hold her breath for more than seven minutes, though she could do 5½ minutes on her own.
Weaver was finally able to hold her breath for a total of 6 ½ minutes at a time, she told the podcast. But "anyone can do it," she said — her husband trained with her and also accomplished the feat, she said.
How old was Kate Winslet in Titanic? Winslet was 22 when she starred in "titanic." Her character, Rose, was 19. Now 48, Winslet told Net-A-Porter that young women now "know how to use their voice." Winslet has also spoken about the changes made for women within the entertainment industry.
Winslet shares daughter Mia with ex-husband Jim Threapleton and son Joe with ex-husband Joe Mendes. She is also mom to son Bear Blaze, 10, whom she shares with husband Edward Abel Smith.
Kate and her husband Edward are still happily married. The couple have now been together for over ten years. Prior to her marriage with Edward, Kate was previously married twice, firstly to assistant director Jim Threapleton, and then to Skyfall and 1917 director Sam Mendes.
In fact, she married Ned Rocknroll in a private ceremony in 2012. Interestingly, Leonardo DiCaprio walked her down the aisle and gave her away. However, this does not mean that they were romantically involved. Despite their close friendship, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have never had a romantic relationship.
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Rose changed her last name to "Dawson" to honor Jack's memory after the sinking of the Titanic. Rose completely started over and never contacted her mother and Cal again after the sinking. Rose became a successful actress in the 1920s and eventually married a man named Calvert.
Born November 11, 1974, in Los Angeles, the eternally-youthful-looking DiCaprio was 23 when "Titanic" was first released in theaters in December 1997. Winslet, on the other hand, was 22 when the film premiered. Her character Rose was 17.
The modern scenes on the research vessel were shot on board the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh, which Cameron had used as a base when filming the wreck. Scale models, computer-generated imagery and a reconstruction of the Titanic built at Baja Studios were used to recreate the sinking.
