After first assembly on the set of Titanic within the ‘90s, Kate and Leo grew to become quick pals, and have maintained an in depth bond within the public eye for a few years since.
From cheering one another on at award exhibits to gushing about one another in interviews, Kate and Leo have confirmed themselves to be one of the beloved duos in Hollywood.
And now, over 25 years for the reason that launch of the film that bonded them for all times, Kate is reflecting on her first encounters together with her “ferociously clever” Titanic costar.
“As soon as I began working with Leo, we had been in a position to form of discover our personal rhythm. And it is superb to form of look again and give it some thought over again,” the Oscar winner says in a brand new behind-the-scenes clip from Titanic’s upcoming 4K Extremely HD DVD launch, obtained by Leisure Tonight.
Recalling a then-21-year-old Leo as a “mess of lengthy, skinny, uncoordinated limbs,” Kate provides that they “clicked instantly, straight away.”
“He was simply very free with himself, and he had this effervescent vitality that was actually magnetic,” she continues. “And I bear in mind pondering, ‘Oh, that is gonna be enjoyable. We’re undoubtedly gonna get alongside.’ And we simply actually did. We simply actually did.”
Adorably, Kate remembers within the featurette that Leo was fully “fascinated” whereas making the enduring film, obsessing over every part from “the main points to do with the boat” to “the decrease courses, the place these folks had come from, how these folks had paid for his or her tickets.”
“He was then very, very sensible, very, very curious,” she says. “We linked on so many ranges. That sense of concentrate on the craft and nonetheless actually caring deeply about that to today.”
Reflecting on how their friendship has lasted through the years, the clip concludes with Kate revealing that they are at all times in touch over the cellphone.
“And we’ll at all times simply make that decision straight away. There is no like, ‘Dangle on, I will name you tomorrow.’ It is prompt,” she says, including: “You understand, if you concentrate on it, on the planet that we dwell in now, to have friendships that bind you, and that shared historical past, it is actually one thing.”
Being that they’re so publicly adoring of each other, followers have theorized that the pair is perhaps “soulmates,” and that the rationale Leo is but to calm down is as a result of Kate is definitely “the one for him.”
“I believe the rationale that friendship works is as a result of there was by no means any romantic factor,” she additionally instructed Marie Claire in 2014. “It is so disappointing for folks to listen to that, as a result of within the cleaning soap opera of the Kate and Leo story we fell in love at first sight and had one million snogs.”
“However really we by no means did,” she added. “He at all times noticed me as one of many boys. I’ve by no means actually been a girly-girl.”
Likewise, Leo — who’s notoriously non-public relating to his private life — gushed about Kate whereas speaking to Esquire again in 2010, describing her as certainly one of his “dearest pals.”
“We’ve the final word belief in one another,” he mentioned.
