Kate Winslet has always been open about her struggles with body image during her younger years.
“I was consistently told I was the wrong shape,” she recalled.
Luckily, in recent years, Winslet has been hitting back at critics with a fierce vigor.
“Apparently I was too fat…
They were so mean.
I wasn’t even [expletive] fat,” the star ranted.
(That might explain whyWinslet didn’t find filming “Titanic” to be incredibly romantic!)
Talking toThe Sunday Times, Winslet said she’s pleased to see a slow but sure shift in attitudes.
“People are subject to scrutiny that is more than a young, vulnerable person can cope with.
But in the film industry it is really changing.
When I was younger my agent would get calls saying, ‘How’s her weight?’
I kid you not.
So it’s heartwarming that this has started to change,” she explained.
And Winslet should credit herself for helping with that change.
This kind of intensity is something Winslet brings to her relationships both on and off the screen.
Of course, her heavy involvement still did not spare her from being casually body-shamed while on set.
During filming, Winslet suffered a back injury that made exercise impossible.
She was eating cheese, bread and drinking wine, and not making a big deal of it.
So of course, her body would be soft."
