Avatar: Waterway (Canal+) – Kate Winslet: "I feel stronger and sexier than ever before!"

After the Titanic twenty-five years ago, this is the second time James Cameron has made you spin on the water. Do you see a hidden message there?

Kate Winslet: No, I don’t think so! (Laughs) I like physical challenges and James knows that. We have known each other for a very long time… It is an incredible opportunity to continue working in this industry with people we have been connected to for decades and have seen your growth.

What touched you in your character, Ronal?

I like that she is a strong and proud woman. He is not afraid to speak his mind, he is not afraid to lead with integrity. And she is an extraordinary mother, doing everything to protect her family.

How special is it to work on a set like Avatar?

An extraordinary experience. Climbing ramps and imagining these are the steps of your house, looking at water in non-existent distance… Once you’ve put on your computer-programmed motion capture suit, you’re free to act like it. pleased. We could have up to 200 cameras around us and a wall of technicians leaning over their screen all the time, that was crazy!

for the movie The Mountain Between Us (2017), Hany Abu-Assad, you did the stunts yourself. You managed to stay in apnea for seven minutes and fourteen seconds for Avatar 2. Where do you find resources to meet these challenges?

I realized that we only have one life and that we should enjoy it. I often say to my children: “Bravo! I’m proud of you ! and I want them to tell me the same thing.

You are an exemplary person in terms of acting and femininity. Was it a lot of effort to get there?

But this still prompts me! (Laughs) I feel braver today. When I was 20, I said to myself, “When I’m 40, I’ve been through everything, I’m going to fall.” But this is nonsense! (Laughs) I feel stronger and sexier than ever before! I want to continue to discover myself.

You co-produced a documentary on the ecological collapse of the world, Eating will lead us to extinction. Is being an activist your second job?

I am passionate about many things and have the courage to speak and engage in discussions with people in high positions. Yes, I am at this stage of my life right now.

You have many projects, including the HBO series produced by Mare of Easttown. And you worked with your 22-year-old daughter, Mia Threapleton, on an English novel, I… Is working as a family good or bad?

Great! I got to know myself very well in it. I was also very nervous during my first shoot. It was a challenging project: there was no script, we had to improvise all the time, and sometimes there was no inspiration. But it was incredible to watch him do it. In some scenes, “God, my girl is talented! »

Avatar: The Waterway on Wednesday, June 14 at 21:10 on Canal+

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