Kate Winslet has revealed how she was ashamed of her body when she was an aspiring artist.
The Oscar-winning British actress, in full promotion for her first film Goodbye Junerevealed that a drama teacher told her she would have to “settle for fat girl roles” if she wanted to break into the industry.
Appearing on the BBC Radio 4 show Desert Island DiscsWinslet said: “I was a bit stocky, when I started taking it a lot more seriously and I found a child agent who I remember very well as a drama teacher…and she said to me, ‘Well, darling, you’ll have a career if you’re willing to settle for fat girl roles.'”
“Look at me now,” she added. “It’s terrible what people say to children.”
This isn’t the first time she’s revealed comments about her weight. Last year, Winslet revealed how a crew member suggested she sit up straighter to hide her “belly rolls” while filming a bikini scene in a World War II drama. Lee.
Winslet has long championed authentic body image. As early as 2003, she railed against a GQ cover, which she claimed had “digitally altered” her appearance.
During her Desert Island Discs During the interview, Winslet said there was “so much we still have to unlearn” about how “we talk to women in film”, revealing that she was said things as a first-time director that she said wouldn’t have been said to a man.
“So they might say things like, ‘Remember to be confident in your choices.’ And I want to say, “Don’t talk to me about trust,” because if that’s one thing I’ve never lacked, in fact, it’s exactly that. This person wouldn’t say that to a man.
Winslet also reflected on the intrusion of the press into her life after she rose to fame in James Cameron’s 1997 film. Titanic“It was horrible. There were people tapping my phone. They were everywhere. And I was all alone. I was terrified of going to sleep,” she said.
