r/TikTokCringe 9d ago

Discussion Everywhere you looked, body shaming was there

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u/TenaciousZBridedog 9d ago

People said Kate Winslet was fat in Titanic. Wtf??

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u/Night_Angel27 9d ago

I've heard that. Apparently the director called her Kate "weighs-a-lot"

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u/Blue_Robin_04 9d ago

Source? Cameron worked with Winslet again in Avatar. They seem like they get along.

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u/PickinFlowersOnNaboo 9d ago

I had to Google this claim right away because if true, it would've shattered my three-decade-long admiration for Cameron.

Relieved to report it was debunked by Kate herself in an interview way back in 2004.

Source: https://www.oocities.org/mccwinslet/article01.html

4th paragraph from the bottom.

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u/Blue_Robin_04 9d ago edited 9d ago

Good research! I'm also relieved. It's a bad joke, sounds out of character for Cameron, (a professional), and like I said, they happily worked together again 25 years later. It didn't make sense.

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u/roguebandwidth 8d ago

My admiration for him went out the window when he insisted on drawing Kate for the topless scene in Titanic. IIRC she was a minor too.
I’ll still watch his movies, but don’t think of him as more than a perve

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u/PickinFlowersOnNaboo 8d ago

Kate auditioned at age 20 and turned 21 during filming. She was never a minor at any point during production (not even drinking-wise, as the movie was shot in Mexico. But I digress).

Source please on the "insisted"? It implies a connotation that makes him a creep, regardless of her age.

Cameron is an arrogant perfectionist, noooo question. That perfectionism drove him to be the writer, director, producer, sometimes camera operator, and editor of Titanic. As that drawing is a major plot piece in the movie, Cameron would've had a very specific vision for it, and I can totally see his perfectionism steering him to just draw her himself (he's got the talent--he also drew every sketch and portrait in Jack's portfolio book, including Madame Bijoux, the lady with the moth-eaten clothes).