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Kate Winslet Covered Daughter Mia's Eyes During Titanic Sex Scene
's daughter, Mia Threapleton, has made a surprising confession: she has never watched Titanic in its entirety. The 24-year-old actress, who is following in her Oscar-winning mother's footsteps, revealed the secret reason why she couldn't finish the epic romance that catapulted Winslet to stardom. In a recent candid interview with Defined, Kate Winslet's daughter Mia Threapleton revealed that she has never watched Titanic from start to finish. Threapleton shared that her mother covered her 'eyes' during the car's intimate scene between Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. Threapleton recalled, 'I remember the car scene happening and these hands appeared from behind my head and covered up my eyes.' She joked, 'I was like, 'I can still hear everything.'' The actress shared that Winslet 'does not like watching herself.' 'I don't remember why it was on. My mother would never optionally put that film on. She does not like watching herself. And I totally understand why,' Threapleton gushed. While following Winslet's legacy, Mia Threapleton has already acted alongside her mother in multiple projects. She starred alongside her mother in the powerful Channel 4 drama I Am Ruth, part of Dominic Savage's I Am series. The mother-daughter duo portrayed a struggling single parent and her withdrawn teenage daughter. Threapleton revealed the process was 'intense,' and she did not really discuss the work with her celebrity mother. She noted, 'The whole process itself was very intense, but we didn't actually ever speak about what we were doing.' After the success of I Am Ruth, which won the Best Single Drama BAFTA award, Threapleton went on to act in Wes Anderson's film, The Phoenician Scheme. Threapleton's co-stars include Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Scarlett Johansson, and more. Reflecting on the experience, Threapleton said, 'It was mind-blowing.' Acting alongside an acclaimed star cast felt like a 'dream,' she added. 'I feel so unbelievably lucky to have had the opportunity that I have to have done this job with Wes.' The Phoenician Scheme premiered at the 2025 Cannes on May 18, 2025. The film got its theatrical release in the United States on May 30. The post Kate Winslet Covered Daughter Mia's Eyes During Titanic Sex Scene appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
Daily Mail
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
How Kate Winslet's daughter got her big break: Mia Threapleton, 24, insists she's no nepo baby, but what about those film roles with her mother...and the A-lister she calls 'Uncle Leo'?
Ahead of her biggest role yet in Wes Anderson's latest film, The Phoenician Scheme, Mia Threapleton has shown a fresh determination to shed the label of 'nepo baby'. The actress, 24, is the daughter of acting legend Kate Winslet, and has shown the apple does not fall far from the tree after starring in shows like The Buccaneers and Dangerous Liaisons. But scrutiny of the children of celebrities following in their parents' footsteps has increased in recent years, with criticism directed at so-called nepo babies having an easier road to success based on their parentage rather than purely talent. Now Mia is the latest actress with star-studded heritage to push back against the narrative that she received a helping hand in the industry due to her actress mother and director father, insisting that she rarely visited film sets growing up or saw scripts around the house. However, an examination of Mia's rise to fame paints something of a different picture given that she made her screen debut at the age of 14 in period drama, A Little Chaos, in which Kate played the lead role. While her breakout role in 2022's hard-hitting drama I Am Ruth, saw her play a troubled teenage daughter - with Kate taking on the role of her mother. Ahead of her biggest role yet in Wes Anderson's latest film, The Phoenician Scheme, Mia Threapleton has shown a fresh determination to shed the label of 'nepo baby' (pictured left on Sunday at 24 and Kate Winslet pictured right in 1998 at 23) Though Kate has emphasised that she only got her daughter a small part in 2014's A Little Chaos, she has revealed it was that experience that confirmed Mia's passion to pursue an acting career - an opportunity that the wide majority will never get. Appearing on Variety's Actors on Actors in 2015, she chatted with Saoirse Ronan, who detailed how she had fallen in love with acting aged 13 on the set of Atonement, after getting her first taste with a part in a short film starring her father - who is also an actor. Kate admitted that Mia had enjoyed a similar experience, saying: 'My own daughter actually had a small part in a film that I did a couple of years ago, as a teeny-tiny thing. But it was enough to already have that feeling of, 'I think I need more of this.'' While in contrast to Mia's recollections, she also recalled her daughter coming to visit her during filming, sharing a funny anecdote that revealed how comfortable she was on set. She explained: 'I was on set with her, and she'd come to visit something I'd done when she was eight or nine. 'And I was having a snack in between takes, and she went, 'Mommy I really, really don't think that you should be eating on set.' I was like, "Oh my God, you're right, I'm so sorry! You really are right, okay back to work!".' She has also insisted she was not the brains behind Mia's I Am Ruth casting, but somewhat debunked the idea that her daughter had no advantages in the process. The Titanic star recalled telling the show's creator, Dominic Savage: 'You have to audition her, and that has to be separate to me.' The show's producer Krish Majumdar, also insisted in a radio interview: 'Mia was there completely on merit and her performance was terrific.' But Kate also admitted that the idea of casting Mia had originated with Dominic because he was interested in the idea of putting a real-life mother and daughter together on screen. And undoubtedly the duo's strong performances were aided by the fact that their mother and daughter bond already existed and meant they could draw on their real emotions and experiences, rather than rely purely on their acting skills. Mia admitted that their real life connection 'helped in a way because the chemistry, the connection, the emotional bond between us as a mother and daughter who are very close to each other, was already there'. While Kate has agreed that there was 'some overlap' between her real-life role as Mia's mother, and starring as her on-screen parent in the drama. Mia's first lead role came in 2020 Irish independent film Shadows, which she landed right after leaving school, without any formal training or experience. Speaking about getting the part to Variety, she admitted she 'couldn't believe her luck' in getting the role on her first audition. She said: 'I had just finished school, was free of exam hell, and felt excited, nervous and ready to start auditioning for things, and hoping that the opportunities to audition would come my way. I just hoped I would get the chance to do what I had wanted to do for so long! Mia's first lead role came in 2020 Irish independent film Shadows, which she landed right after leaving school, without any formal training or experience, admitting she 'couldn't believe her luck' in nabbing the part (pictured in film). Right: Kate pictured in Mare of Easttown 'Shadows was the first film I'd received an audition for, and the first script I had ever been given to read. I couldn't believe my luck. I read it and didn't put it down... 'Which is admitting a lot because I'm dyslexic and that means I have to read slowly and steadily to be able to absorb things fully sometimes.' However, Mia has frequently hit back at claims she is a 'nepo baby' or that she had a helping hand in the industry through her mum and dad. In a recent interview with The Sunday Times, she emphasized her belief that she is not a nepo baby, stating her mother had been 'quite caught off-guard' by her announcement she wanted to be an actress at 10 years old. She added that she signed herself up to online casting sites at the age of 15, 'to try and see what was out there', affirming: 'I wanted to do that on my own'. While Mia shut down attempts by the interviewer to probe about getting an easier ride in the industry with famous parents, saying: 'I don't really know how to answer that, to be honest.' And she claimed her famous parentage has led to a 'misconception' that she was submerged in the acting world from an early age. She said: 'I feel like it's a misconception about me, considering who my mother is, that I grew up going to set or that I would know anything about this world because of her and what she does. 'That is not the case at all. I genuinely can count on not even two hands the amount of times I went to set as a kid. There were never scripts lying around the house.' And Mia has previously insisted she didn't get to spend much time learning acting skills by watching Kate work as a child. Speaking to Variety, she admitted: 'I never actually spent much time around sets that my mum was working on. It was always a special treat. 'It's a very different experience when it is happening to you, and not just something I was getting to observe from time to time. 'I really understand why my mum has always impressed on us how hard the work is. She is right! And I loved every second of it.' Yet, she was raised around a slew of successful stars in the industry, including her director father Jim Threapleton, Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes as her stepfather from 2003 to 2011, and refers to Leonardo DiCaprio as 'Uncle Leo'. Kate previously revealed the close bond that her Titanic co-star has with her kids, telling Marie Clare: 'Well, me and Leo are very good friends. He adores my children but the problem is, he spoils them rotten!' Meanwhile, Mia has shared that Kate has gifted her some solid acting tips, such as: 'Read the damn script as many times as you can!' Yet, she was raised around a slew of successful stars in the industry, including her director father Jim Threapleton, Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes as her stepfather from 2003 to 2011, and refers to Leonardo DiCaprio as 'Uncle Leo' (seen with Kate and dad Jim in 2001) And she's said that Kate has been very supportive of her career and has been invaluable in preparing her for the difficulties that come with the job. She told The Times: 'She was very, very encouraging of me doing it on my own and for myself, having the experiences being mine and mine alone. 'But she always - I mean, always - emphasised the hard work that goes into it and the effort that needs to go into it'. Some in the industry who have worked with both mother and daughter have also suggested that Mia has learned a lot from Kate and benefitted immensely from having the Reader star as a 'source of support'. Emmy-winning costume designer Kate Carin worked on 1998's Hideous Kinky with a then 22-year-old Kate and then on The Buccaneers when Mia was the exact same age. In an interview with Hello! in 2023, she praised Mia's talents, but also pointed out the similarities between her and her mum, admitting being a nepo baby was both a 'blessing and a curse'. She said: 'I think it's a blessing and a curse to be the daughter of somebody as well-known as Kate, but Mia is magical. I feel as though she's got the whole world ahead of her.' While the designer also acknowledged how ideal Kate is as a role model for an aspiring actress, saying: 'Mia is going through what Kate went through at that age and I guess she'd be a great source of support. 'I don't know if it's nature or nurture, but that girl is professional through and through, and Kate is professional through and through. Kate likes to have great fun but knows when she's got to be taken seriously, and Mia was the same: excellent fun.' And it has clearly paid off, with Mia already having several award wins under her belt ahead of landing a coveted lead role in The Phoenician Scheme opposite acting titans like Benicio del Toro, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson and Benedict Cumberbatch. In February, she scored the Breakout Artist Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival UK and won the same prize on Saturday at the Variety and Golden Globes Breakthrough Artists Party during Cannes Film Festival. In her acceptance speech she shared a diary entry than she wrote 12 years ago, as a teenager, which read: 'Watching Moonrise Kingdom again, bloody love this film. Would love to work with Wes Anderson one day', and reflected: 'It sort of happened'. It stands as an early sign she is following her mother's path, after Kate received her first Oscar nomination at just 20 years old for Sense and Sensibility. She went on to receive a staggering seven nods in total, with a win for Best Actress in 2009 for The Reader, alongside five BAFTAs, two Emmys, five Golden Globes and a Grammy. However, Kate herself has also insisted that Mia hasn't benefitted from having an award-winning actress and a film director as parents. In 2021, the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind star claimed that by having a different surname to her, Mia's acting successes are all on her own merit. In 2021, the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind star claimed that by having a different surname to her, Mia's acting successes are all on her own merit (pictured left in 2010 and Mia pictured right in 2023) Speaking on Lorraine, she said: 'Mia is 20 and acting. She's away now in the Czech Republic about to start on a TV series over there. I think I knew it was coming, I always suspected. And then a few years ago she turned around and said, I'd like to give it a go... 'What's great for her is she has a different surname so she slipped under the radar and the people who cast her didn't know she was my daughter and that was important for her self-esteem of course'. However, others have pointed out that Kate herself was brought up in a family of actors, with her father and both older and younger sisters all also being actors, as well as her maternal grandparents - who also ran the Reading Repertory Theatre Company. Speaking to The Guardian in 2004, she said she inherited her hard working ethic from watching her family's efforts in the industry, explaining: 'I come from a family of hard-working actors who relish it when they do go to work and take part-time jobs in between.' And before Mia's acting ambitions were made known, Kate told SBS News in 2014 that she had wanted her kids to explore lots of different career options, rather than follow in her footsteps. She said: 'All I ever hope is that they [her children] find lots of things they can do that they love, because then someday they'll settle on one of them having experienced lots of other things along the way. Whereas, for me, I just loved acting. I loved it and still feel that way.'
Elle
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Elle
Mia Threapleton on Wes Anderson, Creativity, and Carving Her Path
Justin French Jacket, shirt, trousers, sunglasses, Saint Laurent. Sandals, Giuseppe Zanotti. Mia Threapleton's first line in her new film is 'Why?' It's a simple question, but one she manages to infuse with disdain, conviction, and a challenge, her wide-set deep blue eyes burning. Even though she's early in her career, the prompt has already become a guiding ethos for her and her characters: Why do I need to do things the way they have been done before? Threapleton is in the 'pinch-me moment' of her career, and her interior dialogue is on overdrive. She spent the past year living in a small town outside of Berlin, jumping into lakes in her free time, while her work hours were spent with Bryan Cranston, Tom Hanks, Benicio Del Toro, and The Phoenician Scheme . She landed the part after completing a long audition process, throughout which she knew nothing about the character she would be portraying. (The character name she got on her audition readings was simply, 'Young Girl.') Now on the other side of it, she recalls, 'I was a bit nervous initially [to meet Anderson], but then he opened the door and was wearing pink socks and slippers, and I wasn't nervous anymore.' When Threapleton first watched Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom , she was 12 years old. 'I remember thinking, 'I want to do that, with that person.'' She locked it away and thought to herself, 'Keep it quiet, just watch that film again and again and think about how much you really want to do it.' Now here she is, doing it. Justin French Short zipped jacket, sleeveless T-shirt, trousers, Hermès. Earrings, Tiffany & Co. In her chemistry read with Del Toro, who she says has the disposition of 'a giant purring cat,' she improvised and created a makeshift nun's habit on the spot, walking over to a coffee station and affixing a napkin to her head. 'Does anyone have a hair pin?' she asked. It's this combination of openness, improvisation, fearlessness, and creativity that makes her a standout in the movie, in which she plays a potential woman of the cloth, struggling to conform to the expectations and demands of those around her. Her character Honoria Marable in , the Apple TV+ series based on Edith Wharton's unfinished novel, shares a similar desire to make her own way, as a young woman who creates a strong outer shell to hide secret yearnings and a new identity. (Season 2 premieres on June 18.) 'I was a bit nervous initially [to meet Wes Anderson], but then he opened the door and was wearing pink socks and slippers, and I wasn't nervous anymore.' As for Threapleton's own youth in the U.S. and England, she recalls it being filled with nature. 'Growing up, there was a lot of running through fields,' she says. 'If I look back now, it's quite like a novel. There was a lot of getting dirty knees and making tents out of tarps.' She would also put on plays and try to rope in her siblings and cousins. One of her early acting roles was also opposite a family member—her mother, I Am Ruth , wherein Threapleton plays a teenager who struggles with the mental health challenges of being online, while Winslet watches helplessly, uncertain how to help her. Justin French Jacket, shirt, trousers, sunglasses, Saint Laurent. Sandals, Giuseppe Zanotti. Off-screen, having a mother who has been through the trials of being an actor in the public eye has helped steer her into living as private a life as she can. Threapleton has never had social media and says she never will. 'People say, 'Oh, well done,' to not having it, but I've never had it, so I don't really know what the 'Well done' is for. I don't want it. I don't want to worry about dropping my phone out of a tree if I'm climbing one because I'm trying to take a photo of something.' I tell her that I recall Winslet saying in Titanic fame. Threapleton says she recognizes that from her upbringing, remembering a time when she had felt self-conscious about her shoulders while swimming: 'My mom said, 'No, this is strong. So many people would love to be able to swim the length of the pool the way you do—think of it as a positive thing.'' Though the degrees of separation between her, her mother, and potential future co-stars may be small, like the children of other famous parents, she's eager to embrace it all on her own terms. 'I really could count on one hand—both hands possibly—the amount of times that I went to set as a kid. My mother really strived to keep that world separate from our home life. That's something that she really wanted,' Threapleton explains. 'She would say, 'All of their experiences will be theirs and theirs alone'—which is exactly what has happened.' Hair by Sami Knight for Rehab; makeup by Alexandra French at Forward Artists; manicure by Jolene Brodeur at The Wall Group; produced by Anthony Federici at Petty Cash Production; photographed at Malibu Creek Ranch. A version of this story appears in the Summer 2025 issue of ELLE. Related Stories
Scottish Sun
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Nepo-baby actress looks incredible as she walks the red carpet in Cannes – can you guess who her famous mum is?
A NEPO-BABY actress looked incredible as she walked the red carpet in Cannes - but can you guess who it is? The 24-year-old's mum has a career spanning three decades, and she's certainly following in her acting footsteps. 6 A nepo-baby actress looked incredible as she walked the red carpet in Cannes - but can you guess who it is? Credit: The Mega Agency 6 The emerald green, embroidered outfit held a striking resemblance to the one her famous mum wore once Credit: The Mega Agency 6 Her first acting role came in 2014 when she landed a small part in period drama film A Little Chaos Credit: The Mega Agency She looked beautiful as she walked the Cannes carpet in a Oscar De La Renta dress. The emerald green, embroidered outfit held a striking resemblance to the one her famous mum wore when she was 22-years-old, at the 1998 Oscars. Ahead of her Cannes appearance, she told The Sunday Times: 'I'm going to be like a little shaking leaf!' It's none other than Kate Winslet's daughter, Mia Threapleton. Read More on Kate Winslet GOLDEN WONDERS Brits lead Golden Globes noms with Erivo, Winslet and Redmayne getting nods Mia Threapleton looked every inch the star in a floor length green gown with gold leaf detail. Kate, 49, shares Mia with her film director ex-husband Jim Threapleton. The former couple met in 1997 on the set of Hideous Kinky - in which Kate starred as Julia - and went on to tie the knot in1998. However they split in 2001 - just a year after welcoming Mia. Mia's first acting role came in 2014 when she landed a small part in period drama film A Little Chaos alongside Kate, who had the starring role of Sabine de Barra. Kate Winslet stars in sexy film about an affair with her neighbour She later worked with her mum again in 2022 in BAFTA-winning Channel 4 drama I Am Ruth. Discussing working with Mia on I Am Ruth during an appearance on Lorraine, Kate said: 'As far as performance, she didn't need me at all. 'There are even moments where she'd look at me and go, 'Shut up Mum, let me do it!' 'It was really amazing working alongside her and actually being blown away by her courage… she's very, very powerful.' Recently, Mia starred as Honoria Marable in the Apple TV+ historical drama series The Buccaneers. Kate is of course one the most famous actors in the world and landed her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in 1998 after her role in Titanic. Mia has previously told how her mum has been nothing but support of her career. 'She was very, very encouraging. But she always – I mean, always – emphasised the hard work that goes into it,' she said. At Cannes, Mia was photographed alongside Wes Anderson, Benicio del Toro, Michael Cera, Yusr Feature Jury Member, Abu Bakr Shawky, Jeffrey Wright, Benedict Cumberbatch and Alexandre Desplat. 6 Kate at the 1998 Oscars Credit: Getty 6 Mia and her mum have acted alongside each other in the past Credit: Getty
The Irish Sun
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Nepo-baby actress looks incredible as she walks the red carpet in Cannes – can you guess who her famous mum is?
A NEPO-BABY actress looked incredible as she walked the red carpet in Cannes - but can you guess who it is? The 24-year-old's mum has a career spanning three decades, and she's certainly 6 A nepo-baby actress looked incredible as she walked the red carpet in Cannes - but can you guess who it is? Credit: The Mega Agency 6 The emerald green, embroidered outfit held a striking resemblance to the one her famous mum wore once Credit: The Mega Agency 6 Her first acting role came in 2014 when she landed a small part in period drama film A Little Chaos Credit: The Mega Agency She looked beautiful as she walked the Oscar De La Renta dress. The emerald green, embroidered outfit held a striking resemblance to the one her famous mum wore when she was 22-years-old, at the 1998 Oscars. Ahead of her Cannes appearance, she told The Sunday Times: 'I'm going to be like a little shaking leaf!' It's none other than Read More on Kate Winslet Mia Threapleton looked every inch the star in a floor length green gown with gold leaf detail. Kate, 49, shares Mia with her film director ex-husband Jim Threapleton. The former couple met in 1997 on the set of Hideous Kinky - in which Kate starred as Julia - and went on to tie the knot in1998. However they split in 2001 - just a year after welcoming Mia. Most read in Celebrity Mia's first acting role came in 2014 when she landed a small part in period drama film A Little Chaos alongside Kate, who had the starring role of Sabine de Barra. Kate Winslet stars in sexy film about an affair with her neighbour She later worked with her mum again in 2022 in BAFTA-winning Channel 4 drama I Am Ruth. Discussing working with Mia on I Am Ruth during an appearance on Lorraine, Kate said: 'As far as performance, she didn't need me at all. 'There are even moments where she'd look at me and go, 'Shut up Mum, let me do it!' 'It was really amazing working alongside her and actually being blown away by her courage… she's very, very powerful.' Recently, Mia starred as Honoria Marable in the Apple TV+ historical drama series The Buccaneers. Kate is of course one the most famous actors in the world and landed her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in 1998 after her role in Titanic. Mia has previously told how her mum has been nothing but support of her career. 'She was very, very encouraging. But she always – I mean, always – emphasised the hard work that goes into it,' she said. At Cannes, Mia was photographed alongside Wes Anderson, Benicio del Toro, Michael Cera, Yusr Feature Jury Member, Abu Bakr Shawky, Jeffrey Wright, Benedict Cumberbatch and Alexandre Desplat. 6 Kate at the 1998 Oscars Credit: Getty 6 Mia and her mum have acted alongside each other in the past Credit: Getty 6 Mia has previously told how her mum has been nothing but support of her career. Credit: Getty
