Kate Winslet says she faced questions about her weight and was told she would play 'fat girl' roles
dailymail.co.ukKate Winslet revealed in a new interview with Sunday Times that she dealt with harsh criticism at the start of her career.The 47-year-old actress recalled being told she would be cast in 'fat girl' roles while she was a student.'It can be extremely negative,' she told the outlet. 'People are subject to scrutiny that is more than a young, vulnerable person can cope with.' Discouraging: Kate Winslet revealed in a new interview with Sunday Times that she dealt with harsh criticism at the start of her career; pictured in London on December 5Kate, who shot to fame after playing Rose in 1997's Titanic, says that the tides are changing now.'But in the film industry it is really changing,' she noted. '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.' The United Kingdom-born performer recently worked with daughter Mia Threapleton in the TV drama Mia Threapleton.Kate said working with the 22-year-old — who's the same age she was while filming Titanic — was 'extraordinary.' Harsh: The 47-year-old actress recalled being told she would be cast in 'fat girl' roles while she was a student; seen with Leonardo DiCaprio in 1997's TitanicShe added that she was 'blown away' by her performance in the project, in which she plays Threapleton's on-screen mother.Winslet explained that rather than giving tips to Mia, her daughter was the one directing her during shooting.Speaking to the outlet via Laura Kuenssberg, Kate said: 'Sometimes I could show a technical trick that I'd picked up on the way. 'Little things no one teaches you, and she appreciated that stuff, but when it came to the acting she'd go, "I got it, I'm good."' Extraordinary career: Kate.
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