Ever since their 1997 blockbuster hit Titanic, Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio have been thick as thieves.
Kate has opened up about their close friendship in the past and has even credited Leo for helping her overcome body image struggles due to being bullied, and learn to love her body the way it is.
The platonic pair have maintained a close friendship ever since the release of the renowned 1997 film that they both starred in, Titanic.
In the past, the 46-year-old actress has opened up about being bullied for her size and feeling insecure because of it.
“I had been bullied at school. They called me Blubber," she told People in 2017.
“I was even told that I might be lucky with my acting, if I was happy to settle for the fat girl parts,” she added.
"And all because I didn’t fit into someone else’s idea of ‘perfect.’ I didn’t have the perfect body.”
She has also opened up about the media's commentary on her body affecting her self-esteem.
“'It’s really important that you are the shape that you are,'” Kate recalled him saying, "'Because there are so many skinny girls out there who think that to be successful and to be beautiful and therefore be loved and respected it means you have to be thin.'"
"This image is being translated to teenage girls, you know?" she added.
She explained that she had managed to achieve a significant level of success in her acting career regardless of her figure.
"And I haven't done any of this through being skinny or through starving myself or anything like that."
"And so I thought, 'I'm just gonna hold my head high and I'm just gonna be the person that I am," she said.
"As a mother myself, you know, with my daughter — 'cause it is girls, frankly, who suffer the most with this kind of internal battle — it's even more important to me than ever," she said.
"I stand in front of the mirror and say to Mia, ‘We are so lucky we have a shape. We’re so lucky we’re curvy," she said at the time.
The crime drama had Kate playing Mare, an unglamorous detective battling personal tragedy while trying to solve a brutal murder.
Kate ended up winning the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a limited series. Besides the show's compelling narrative and characters, many commended Kate's physical portrayal of Mare as well.
Reportedly, when the director told her they would remove it Kate replied, "Don't you dare!"
Reports say Kate sent back the show's poster twice after noticing that her face had been airbrushed. She believed audiences would relate to her character more if she looked "real".
