Kate Winslet earned worldwide fame and recognition for her role as Rose DeWitt Bukater inthe 1997 film “Titanic.
But she chose to be absent from the U.S. premiere for a truly heartbreaking reason.
Winslet had dated Stephen Tredre for five years and split up in 1995.
The two remained close after their split, with Tredre battling bone cancer.
Rather than go to the premiere of her film.
Winslet decided to go to Tredre’s funeral.
It went so far thatshe felt bullied after filming “Titanic.
“She discussed the awkwardness of those conversations on the same episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast.
She also said that he absolutely wouldn’t want that and she knew where she needed to be.
She also proved to be correct, as her acting career didn’t suffer for having missed the premier.
Winslet went on to work on several independent films before moving on to larger roles.
She also did narration work and voice acting, working onseveral projects you wouldn’t expect.
Her career has so far racked up 183 award nominations with 112 award wins at the time of writing.
