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; here we recount her story after 'Titanic'.
More than 24 years ago Kate Winslet met Leonardo DiCaprio on the set of Titanic, a film as memorable as her love story, but we are not referring to that romantic notion of a couple, but to the love, 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 came together in 1996 under the direction of James Cameron to play Rose DeWitt and Jack Dawson, protagonists of a passionate romance with a tragic ending. Although the chemistry between Kate and Leo in the film was undeniable, the truth is that this idyll never crossed the screen; however, it would be the beginning of a perfect friendship.
'Titanic', the secret of the friendship between Kate and Leonardo
Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio - then 21 and 22 years old, respectively - became inseparable from the earliest days. So it was not strange to find them embracing each other sharing the same blanket or, well, lying on the floor looking at the starry sky, having intimate 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 recounted 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 her head on his stomach at the time and ordered a sandwich. "The attendant asked, 'How do you want it?' and Leo was like, '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. And I thought, 'God, that's really weird. you know this person so well.' It was brilliant."
Together but only friends
After finishing filming Titanic, they were caught together at countless events and galas. They continued with their career, grew up and faced the difficulties of fame hand in hand, which strengthened their friendship and undone any rumors of a romance.
During these two decades of common history, Leonardo DiCaprio has maintained famous romances. While Kate Winslet was married three times, the first to director Jim Threapleton, whom she divorced in 2001; the second with filmmaker Sam Mendes, whose marriage ended in March 2010.
In 2014, Kate Winslet gave details of her friendship with DiCaprio: "He always treated me with equality, he saw me as one more 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".
Leonardo DiCaprio walked Kate Winslet down the aisle
The third time Kate Winslet married, she was to be the love of her life and "an extraordinary partner": businessman Ned Rocknroll.
The actress preferred to celebrate her wedding in secret out of the public eye, but the ceremony was attended by one of the most important people for her: Leonardo DiCaprio, her stalwart who, in addition to her, escorted her to the altar.
Why was there never a romance? This the actress said
Such has been the union between the actors and the strong rumors of love that are professed beyond a friendship, that in 2014 Kate Winslet decided to clarify in an interview with Complex the reasons why there was never 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 the two (...) I know it is disappointing for people to hear that, it is special because the Titanic 'soap opera' we fell in love 'at first sight', but in reality we never did," he said.
We've all heard that phrase from The Three Musketeers: "All for one and one for all", a line that perfectly describes Kate and Leo's unbreakable friendship.
