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Kate Winslet Says Early Teen Intimacy Included Girls in New Podcast Interview

She links the disclosure to how portraying a teenager in Heavenly Creatures at 17 reshaped her.

Overview

  • Winslet shared the personal detail on the Team Deakins podcast, with The Telegraph first reporting it and other outlets following.
  • She said she kissed girls and boys as a teen, describing herself as curious rather than fixed in any direction at the time.
  • The actress said the intense connection depicted in Heavenly Creatures resonated with her own feelings as a young person.
  • She recalled returning from the 1994 film a different person after the experience of working on it at age 17.
  • Winslet also said she is uneasy with fame and prefers a quieter creative life away from publicity.