Kate Winslet has reflected on beating a record held by Tom Cruise for holding her breath underwater while filming Avatar: The Way Of Water.'Poor Tom,' Kate, 41, told USA Today in a recent article. 'I mean, I don't know Tom at all – I've never met him in my life – but I'm sure he's getting very fed up of hearing this story of how I broke his record.
I loved it, though. ... I was amazed how good I was at it and how I just kept getting better.'Kate portrays Ronal, an alien queen and leader of an oceanic clan, in Avatar 2 and held her breath underwater for seven minutes and 14 seconds while filming.
Filming record: Kate Winslet, shown earlier this month in London, has reflected on beating a record held by Tom Cruise for holding her breath underwater while filming Avatar 2Tom, 60, previously held the record after he lasted six minutes underwater while filming the 2015 spy sequel Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation.Avatar franchise cast member Sigourney Weaver, 73, told USA Today that there wasn't a breath-holding competition among the cast. 'We were delighted for Kate that she did that.
My husband (theater director Jim Simpson) and I both did six and a half minutes, which was astonishing to us and our teacher, Kirk Krack, who teaches the Navy SEALs.
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