Kate Winslet thought she ‘died’ while filming ‘Avatar’ sequel

Kate Winslet broke Hollywood information whereas filming “Avatar: The Manner of Water” — and thought she died whereas doing it.

The 47-year-old actress disadvantaged herself of air for all of seven minutes and 15 seconds, beating actor Tom Cruise’s greatest time of six minutes whereas on the set of “Mission: Not possible — Rogue Nation” in 2011.

“I've the video of me surfacing saying, ‘Am I useless, have I died?’ After which going, ‘What was [my time]?’” the actress informed Complete Movie journal through Video games Radar, alongside her director, James Cameron.

Winslet famous how shortly she obtained over the shock of her near-death expertise.

“Right away I needed to know my time. And I couldn’t imagine it … The following factor I say is, ‘We have to hi fi.’ I needed Jim to know straight away,” she shared.

Joked her “Titanic” collaborator: “She’s not aggressive in any respect.”

Kate Winslet attends the "Avatar: The Way Of Water" World Premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on December 06, 2022 in London, England.
Kate Winslet thought she was “useless” whereas holding her breath underwater throughout manufacturing for “Avatar.”
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Ronal, voiced by Kate Winslet, left, and Tonowari, voiced by Cliff Curtis in a scene from "Avatar: The Way of Water."
Ronal (portrayed by Kate Winslet) and Tonowari (Cliff Curtis) in James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Manner of Water.”
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“Properly, I didn’t have to carry my breath for over seven minutes,” Winslet assured. “It’s simply that the chance to set a file introduced itself. I needed to interrupt my very own file, which was already six minutes and 14 seconds. And I used to be like, ‘Come on!’ So I smashed my very own file by a minute.”

Cameron had needed to restrict the “dry for moist” ocean scenes and make the water sequences really feel actual and genuine — which meant having the actors act underwater.

“I stated, ‘It’s not going to work. It’s not going to look actual,’” the 68-year-old filmmaker defined. “I even allow them to run a take a look at, the place we captured dry for moist, after which we captured in water, a crude degree of our in-water seize. And it wasn’t even shut.”

Winslet portrays Ronal, chief of the Metkayina — a lesser-known clan of the Na’vi tribe — within the extremely anticipated sequel to the 2009 blockbuster.

The upcoming installment picks up a decade from the place the unique left off, with the story of the Sully household as they battle for his or her house on the plush alien planet of Pandora.

“Avatar: The Manner of Water” premiers in theaters nationwide on Dec. 16.

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