Titanic star Frances Fisher said the intricate corsets were so tight that players “couldn’t breathe properly or lean back.”
The 70-year-old actress, who plays Ruth DeWitt Bukater, the mother of Kate Winslet Rose’s character, told Vulture that corsets in the 1912 movie were a struggle: “Wearing a corset completely changes breathing and posture. Nobody was breathing properly. There wasn’t much room to stay. It was difficult to sit in. It plunged into the body and it was impossible to lean back.
The actor said, “The proportions were wrong. And we stopped a lot. The women only took breaks between filming. Kathy Bates, Kate and I were like, “Okay guys, are you ready to go back to the locker room and be free?”
He added that players were given “resting boards” but hats and hairstyles prevented them from using them properly. Frances also said that due to the size of the dresses, the actors did not fit in the portable toilets on set, so they had to be taken back to the changing rooms by trucks. Yes, and we still complain about annoying bones in underwear …
Source: People Talk
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