Photo: Dan MacMedan/WireImageKate Winsletgot emotional reuniting withLeonardo DiCaprioafter being apart for nearly three years due to the pandemic.The longtime friends famously starred opposite each other in the 1997 blockbusterTitanic, later sharing the screen again for 2008’sRevolutionary Road. Winslet, 46, toldThe Guardianthat she “couldn’t stop crying” when she recently caught up with DiCaprio, 47, in Los Angeles.“I’ve known him for half my life! It’s not as if I’ve found myself in New York or he’s been in London and there’s been a chance to have dinner or grab a coffee and a catch up,” she said. “We haven’t been able to leave our countries. Like so many friendships globally, we’ve missed each other because of COVID.““He’s my friend, my really close friend,” said Winslet. “We’re bonded for life.“Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet inTitanic.Merie Weismiller Wallace/PaarmountNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.TheMare of Easttownactress also recalled makingTitanicwith DiCaprio more than 20 years ago.“I turned 21 on that shoot, and Leo turned 22,” she said, adding of filming the movie, “It wasn’t pleasant for any of us, but we were all in it together. Though he had way more days off than I ever bloody did. I guess I was raised to be grateful and just get on with it. I didn’t feel it was my right to be miserable, and if Iwasmiserable I certainly would not have let a journalist know. There is nowayI would have let that slip!“RELATED VIDEO: Kate Winslet Reflects On ‘Amazing’TitanicOscars Dress: ‘It Was Like Embroidered Sculpture’Winslet previously told PEOPLE about her enduring friendship with DiCaprio.“He’s a solid, loyal person,” she said. “He’s a great friend, he always has been, and not just to me, but to everyone around him. He still has friends he had when we madeTitanic. In many ways, he hasn’t changed a bit, but in other ways, he absolutely has changed.““He’s a stronger actor in this moment than he’s ever been,” she said. “I think he’s more handsome than he’s ever been. And he feels, to me, the most settled he’s ever felt, in himself, right now, which is quite strange, really, given that there’s a lot happening around him.“She added at the time, “He’s quite centered and calm, and that’s different to the way he was 20 years ago.”
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Kate Winsletgot emotional reuniting withLeonardo DiCaprioafter being apart for nearly three years due to the pandemic.The longtime friends famously starred opposite each other in the 1997 blockbusterTitanic, later sharing the screen again for 2008’sRevolutionary Road. Winslet, 46, toldThe Guardianthat she “couldn’t stop crying” when she recently caught up with DiCaprio, 47, in Los Angeles.“I’ve known him for half my life! It’s not as if I’ve found myself in New York or he’s been in London and there’s been a chance to have dinner or grab a coffee and a catch up,” she said. “We haven’t been able to leave our countries. Like so many friendships globally, we’ve missed each other because of COVID.““He’s my friend, my really close friend,” said Winslet. “We’re bonded for life.“Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet inTitanic.Merie Weismiller Wallace/PaarmountNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.TheMare of Easttownactress also recalled makingTitanicwith DiCaprio more than 20 years ago.“I turned 21 on that shoot, and Leo turned 22,” she said, adding of filming the movie, “It wasn’t pleasant for any of us, but we were all in it together. Though he had way more days off than I ever bloody did. I guess I was raised to be grateful and just get on with it. I didn’t feel it was my right to be miserable, and if Iwasmiserable I certainly would not have let a journalist know. There is nowayI would have let that slip!“RELATED VIDEO: Kate Winslet Reflects On ‘Amazing’TitanicOscars Dress: ‘It Was Like Embroidered Sculpture’Winslet previously told PEOPLE about her enduring friendship with DiCaprio.“He’s a solid, loyal person,” she said. “He’s a great friend, he always has been, and not just to me, but to everyone around him. He still has friends he had when we madeTitanic. In many ways, he hasn’t changed a bit, but in other ways, he absolutely has changed.““He’s a stronger actor in this moment than he’s ever been,” she said. “I think he’s more handsome than he’s ever been. And he feels, to me, the most settled he’s ever felt, in himself, right now, which is quite strange, really, given that there’s a lot happening around him.“She added at the time, “He’s quite centered and calm, and that’s different to the way he was 20 years ago.”
Kate Winsletgot emotional reuniting withLeonardo DiCaprioafter being apart for nearly three years due to the pandemic.
The longtime friends famously starred opposite each other in the 1997 blockbusterTitanic, later sharing the screen again for 2008’sRevolutionary Road. Winslet, 46, toldThe Guardianthat she “couldn’t stop crying” when she recently caught up with DiCaprio, 47, in Los Angeles.
“I’ve known him for half my life! It’s not as if I’ve found myself in New York or he’s been in London and there’s been a chance to have dinner or grab a coffee and a catch up,” she said. “We haven’t been able to leave our countries. Like so many friendships globally, we’ve missed each other because of COVID.”
“He’s my friend, my really close friend,” said Winslet. “We’re bonded for life.”
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet inTitanic.Merie Weismiller Wallace/Paarmount
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TheMare of Easttownactress also recalled makingTitanicwith DiCaprio more than 20 years ago.
“I turned 21 on that shoot, and Leo turned 22,” she said, adding of filming the movie, “It wasn’t pleasant for any of us, but we were all in it together. Though he had way more days off than I ever bloody did. I guess I was raised to be grateful and just get on with it. I didn’t feel it was my right to be miserable, and if Iwasmiserable I certainly would not have let a journalist know. There is nowayI would have let that slip!”
RELATED VIDEO: Kate Winslet Reflects On ‘Amazing’TitanicOscars Dress: ‘It Was Like Embroidered Sculpture’
Winslet previously told PEOPLE about her enduring friendship with DiCaprio.
“He’s a solid, loyal person,” she said. “He’s a great friend, he always has been, and not just to me, but to everyone around him. He still has friends he had when we madeTitanic. In many ways, he hasn’t changed a bit, but in other ways, he absolutely has changed.”
“He’s a stronger actor in this moment than he’s ever been,” she said. “I think he’s more handsome than he’s ever been. And he feels, to me, the most settled he’s ever felt, in himself, right now, which is quite strange, really, given that there’s a lot happening around him.”
She added at the time, “He’s quite centered and calm, and that’s different to the way he was 20 years ago.”
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