Avatar 2: James Cameron on why Titanic experience didn’t stop Kate Winslet from working with him again

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, published in line with Titanic’s 1997 release, Winslet called Cameron “a really tough nut to crack”, adding: “There were times I was genuinely frightened of him.” While Winslet said she “did come to understand him” and “a couple of times. Addressing this in a new interview with GQ, Cameron said: “And so, I mean, no extra charge for the therapy, for the healing moment where she got to hold her breath underwater for seven and a half minutes and be the underwater queen.” Producer Jon Landau previously shared details of Winslet’s impressive feat, revealing that the tank filled with 500,000 gallons of water was built for the film. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet filming James Cameron’s ‘Titanic’ Winslet was trained by an instructor named Kirk Krack, with Landau telling Collider: “You see Kate going underwater and she just felt so comfortable. I couldn’t believe it.” Winslet will appear in Avatar: The Way of Water alongside returning stars Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang.