Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have been best friends since 1997, after starring in James Cameron Titanic. Not only did Winslet describe DiCaprio as her closest friend in the world, they also often have vacations together, text Titanic quotes between them and gave each other uniquely engraved friendship rings.
If that doesn’t sound like an unbreakable bond, we don’t know what it means. But despite their undying love for each other (or maybe because of it,) DiCaprio just might be the reason Winslet left her former husband, Sam Mendes. Read on to find out why.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet star in 2008 drama ‘Revolutionary Road’
In 2008, DiCaprio and Winslet starred in their second film together, titled Revolutionary route. Although audiences were delighted to see a film bringing together the Titanic actors, a lot of messy drama took place behind the scenes in the movie. This is mainly due to the fact that Sam Mendes, who Winslet was married to at the time, directed Revolutionary route. In the film, DiCaprio and Winslet play lovers.
The fact that Mendes made a movie in which his wife was supposed to have a romantic relationship with another man was embarrassing enough. Still, given that her love for the film was Leonardo DiCaprio, her best friend in real life, things got tough. real quickly.
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Apparently, Winslet’s husband began to instruct her on love scenes with DiCaprio, which made the actress extremely uncomfortable. She didn’t like that her husband wasn’t at all jealous of her onscreen romance.
“I had a total seizure,” Winslet says. “Leo was remarkably good with all of this.”
Leonardo DiCaprio says Kate Winslet started to ‘panic’ on the set of ‘Revolutionary Road’
According to DiCaprio, Winslet struggled with her husband directing intimate scenes between them.
“She was panicking because she was supposed to sleep with her best friend – me – while her husband was directing. But I didn’t find it weird at all, ”says DiCaprio. “It didn’t bother me because it’s part of acting.
And according to DiCaprio, he could tell there was something wrong with Mendes and Winslet when filming the 2008 drama.
“It was definitely a tough time,” DiCaprio says, according to The Daily Mail. “She was really worried that Sam wouldn’t be bothered that his wife was arguing with another guy right in front of him. I told her it was only theater, but she kept saying, ‘This is really weird.’ “
Leonardo DiCaprio led Kate Winslet down the aisle at her upcoming wedding
After breaking up with Mendes in 2010, Winslet found love again a few years later. In 2012, Winslet got married in a small, intimate ceremony, tying the knot with her third husband, Ned RockNroll. And to add to the sweetness of this story, DiCaprio led Winslet down the aisle on his special day.
Looks like Celine Dion was right when she said, “our hearts will go on and on!”