Rude remark made to Kate Winslet on set

Kate Winslet has recalled the moment a crew member came up to her on set and made a wild remark about her body.

Kate Winslet has revealed the moment she was forced to defend herself to a crew member while filming her new World War II drama movie, Lee.

Winslet said the moment occurred when a crew member suggested she sit up straighter to hide her “belly rolls” during a bikini scene.

In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar UK, Winslet, 48, recounted: “There’s a bit where Lee’s sitting on a bench in a bikini and one of the crew came up between takes and said: ‘You might want to sit up straighter.’ So you can’t see my belly rolls? Not on your life! It was deliberate, you know?”

Kate Winslet has claimed a crew member warned her to “cover up her rolls” during a scene. Photo: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images.

The actress dismissed the suggestion immediately because she felt the softer look was right for her character Lee Miller — a photojournalist who goes from shooting for British Vogue to documenting the front lines. She even revealed that she intentionally stopped working out for the part.

When asked if she worries about not looking perfect in her roles, Winslet firmly replied “no.” “The opposite,” she added. “I take pride in it because it is my life on my face, and that matters. It wouldn’t occur to me to cover that up.”

Winslet has been vocal about body shaming in the entertainment industry due to her own experiences as a young actress, but the comments don’t get to her anymore.

“There was a lot of bullying of me that went on in the media, and that did get to me. Look at all those years in my twenties when I was all sorts of different shapes and sizes,” she said.

“I think people know better than to say, ‘You might wanna do something about those wrinkles,’” the Titanic star continued.

Winslet has been steadfastly against her face or body being altered in photo shoots for years. Photo: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images.

“I’m more comfortable in myself as each year passes. It enables me to allow the opinions of others to evaporate.”

Winslet has long been an advocate for authentic body image. Back in 2003, she hit out against a cover of GQ, which she claimed “digitally altered” her appearance.

“I do not look like that and more importantly I don’t desire to look like that,” she said of the cover.

“I actually have a Polaroid that the photographer gave me on the day of the shoot … I can tell you they’ve reduced the size of my legs by about a third. For my money it looks pretty good the way it was taken.”

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