Kate Winslet rewatched the ‘I’m flying!’ scene from ‘Titanic’ in a new video with Vanity Fair and shared details about the kiss with Leonardo DiCaprio. She revealed that things didn’t go as smooth as it looked:
“My God, he’s quite the romancer, isn’t he? No wonder every young girl in the world wanted to be kissed by Leonardo DiCaprio. It was not all it’s cracked up to be.”
The actress explained:
“We kept doing this kiss, and I’ve got a lot of pale makeup on and I would have to do our makeup checks — on both of us, between takes — and I would end up looking as though I’d been sucking a caramel chocolate bar after each take because his makeup would come off on me.”
The residue from Winslet’s paler makeup made DiCaprio look like:
“There was a bit missing from his face. Oh God, it was such a mess.”
Filming The Overall Scene Was A Challenge
Winslet described shooting that scene as a ‘nightmare’ because of issues with lighting and makeup. The actress also mentioned having to redo it multiple times as she repeatedly hit her knee on the railing:
“Leo couldn’t stop laughing, and we had to reshoot this about four times because [director James Cameron] wanted a very specific light for this, obviously, and the sunsets kept changing where we were.”
She continued:
“This was a section of the ship; it wasn’t part of the actual whole ship set that we had. We had to climb up a ladder to get to it. Hair and makeup couldn’t reach us. Now, what you wouldn’t know because Leo looks completely natural but he had to lie on sunbeds and there’s a lot of fake tan makeup going on.”
‘Titanic’ became a hit at the box office with $2.264 billion. It also won 11 Oscars including best picture. Kate Winslet said she was proud of the film despite the challenges in the filming process.
