There was once a time when it seemed as though Oscar winnerKate Winsletmight never work withTitanicdirectorJames Cameronagain.
“You couldn’t compare the two.
The two films are so different,” Winslet tells EW when asked about working with Cameron again.
Director James Cameron and actress Kate Winslet reunite on ‘Avatar: The Way of Water,’ released 25 years after ‘Titanic.'.Jeff Spicer/Getty Images
These experiences were so far apart."
To Winslet,Titanicfeels like half a lifetime ago.
That’s because it was.
“I turned 21 on that shoot.
I am now 47 years old.
It’s a very, very, very long time ago,” she says.
“I feel like he’s always checked in with me.
‘Are you busy right now?’
or ‘What’s going on?
I may have something,'” Winslet recalls.
“Then I wouldn’t hear for a while, and I think he’s drifted off that idea.
Then he’d be floating back in with another one.
She’s more of the spiritual chieftain who maintains the clan’s ancient traditions.
She’s also a capable warrior.
Winslet commends Cameron’s command of theAvatarmythology.
“He knows every inch of it,” she says.
“He created a whole language.
He did all that.”
She shares an example.
I’m gonna start again,'” Winslet remembers.
“I’ve started building characters before and thought, ‘Hang on a minute.
This is not what I’m meant to be doing at all.
Okay, start again.’
It’s always a really terrifying moment.”
Winslet does recall reading the script for the first time, noting how much secrecy surrounded its content.
“I definitely was given the bare minimum, initially.
“It’s a phenomenal experience reading a Jim Cameron script because it’s just so thorough.
The guy is such a perfectionist.”
