“There’s no hidden anything”: Leonardo DiCaprio Took Advantage of Friendship With Kate Winslet For Intense Moments in $79 Million Movie

"There’s no hidden anything": Leonardo DiCaprio Took Advantage of Friendship With Kate Winslet For Intense Moments in $79 Million Movie
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet share a bond can only wish to have. Their friendship developed on the set of James Cameron’s Titanic and has since been growing stronger and stronger. They mix well with each other and understand each other optimally. Oftentimes, celebrities use their real relationships with their co-stars to channel their best selves while they are still acting.

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Leonardo DiCaprio agreed to do Titanic due to Kate Winslet
DiCaprio and Kate Winslet

This helps in creating a stronger and more realistic dynamic between the two actors. Real-life couples often use their relationship while working side by side on the same projects. Due to their intense relationship and their strong friendship, both DiCaprio and Winslet were able to bring out intense emotions in each other for a movie that required their everything.

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Leonardo DiCaprio And Kate Winslet Used Their Friendship To Improve Their Performance

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet reunited on the set of Revolutionary Road. While the two had acted as a couple before in Titanic, what was required of them in Sam Mendes’s movie was far different.

Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic
Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic

“We very much took advantage of our friendship and our relationship for this film,” DiCaprio stated. “I know the fact that she’s such a good friend of mine, we know each other so well, we know that we could let go. There’s no hidden anything. It’s two people just trying to do their best and just pushing each other.”

They had to be in touch with emotions that required heavy focus and work. The best way they found to do so was to connect their actual friendship with their relationship in the movie. The movie revolved around a marriage on the verge of being destroyed. DiCaprio and Winslet knew that they could benefit from their bond and because of how much they know each other, both of them helped bring out each other’s emotions.

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Leonardo DiCaprio Felt More Like A Husband To Kate Winslet

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet undoubtedly share a strong bond with each other. They understand each and have stood by each other no matter what. So when they got to work together, Kate Winslet could not stop talking about her co-star.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road

“I want to be on the set with him every day. I want to spend as much time with him as possible. It wasn’t about equal roles, even. It was, I want to bleed that experience dry. I really do, because I know what’s there to be had, and anything less than that wouldn’t have seemed as special.”

She was constantly praising him and talking about him to an extent that Winslet had to point out as if it felt that DiCaprio was her husband. She even added how she would go to work every single day just so she could spend time with the actor.

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Source: The Seattle Times

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An avid writer fluent in everything Marvel, Adya Godboley is an Assistant Anime Content Lead for FandomWire. She has rich experience in critically analyzing all that is said in between the lines. Hopelessly obsessed with Greek Mythology, she is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Arts in English. Adya has written over 1400 articles on various topics expressing her passion and love for all things entertainment, from superheroes to anime and the occasional gacha games.