Actress Kate Winslet revealed in an interview how she was affected by body shaming as a young woman. But she also thinks that the industry is about to change.
Kate Winslet has won almost every award an actress can win in her career: the Oscar, the Golden Globe, the BAFTA Award, the Emmy and even the Grammy Music Awards.
But as she revealed in an interview with the “Sunday Times”, she struggled with body shaming at the beginning of her career: “When I was younger, my agent would get calls asking, ‘What’s her weight?’ That’s no joke.”
The 47-year-old recalls being told she should only be cast in “fat girl” roles. “It can have an extremely negative effect. You are exposed to a control that is more than a young, vulnerable person can handle,” quoted the English “Daily Mail”.
Kate Winslet: Her agent should be answering questions about her weight
But Winslet also sees a ray of hope: “Something is really changing in the film industry. That’s reassuring.” Today there is a greater sensitivity to issues such as body shaming. But the social media are much more present. Winslet says she sees from her daughter Mia Honey how upsetting it can be, according to the online portal Deadline.
“It used to be hard enough to look at the newspaper sometimes, but that’s not enough anymore,” says Winslet. “The phrase ‘today’s news is tomorrow’s fish newspaper’ no longer exists.” Things you’ve done drunk or naively “can come back to haunt you. Young actors have to be on their guard, that’s something else entirely. That must be extraordinarily difficult.”
Winslet will soon be the subject of more television reviews: this year she worked again with “Titanic” director James Cameron. Her new film “Avatar 2: The Way Of Water” is scheduled for release on December 14, 2022.
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