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Kate Winsletis poking fun atTom Cruiseafter breaking one of his impressive records.
The actress, 47, recently spoke withUSA Todayabouttraining for her latest movie,Avatar: The Way of Water. While filming theJames Cameronproject, Winslet famously held her breath underwater for seven minutes and 47 seconds.
The moment officially broke Cruise’s previous record after he lasted for six minutes while shootingMission: Impossible — Rogue Nationin 2015.
Though Winslet said Cruise hasn’t reached out to her since she broke his record, she shared a message for him with the outlet: “Poor Tom.”
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“I mean, I don’t know Tom at all – I’ve never met him in my life – but I’m sure he’s getting very fed up of hearing this story of how I broke his record,” she joked. “I loved it, though … I was amazed how good I was at it and how I just kept getting better.”
Winslet also credited her husband Edward Abel Smith (formerly known asNed Rocknroll) for helping her practice.
Sigourney Weaver — who stars alongside Winslet in the follow-up to 2009’s originalAvatarfilm — toldUSA Todayshe’s okay with Winslet holding the crown.
“We were delighted for Kate that she did that,” said Weaver. “My husband (theater director Jim Simpson) and I both did 6 ½ minutes, which was astonishing to us and our teacher, Kirk Krack, who teaches the Navy SEALs. Everyone had a personal best.”
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Earlier this month, Winlset revealed she captured the moment she emerged from herseven-plus minutes-long breath hold.
“I have the video of me surfacing saying, ‘Am I dead, have I died?’ And then going, ‘What was [my time]?'” she toldTotal Filmin an interview.
“Straight away I wanted to know my time. And I couldn’t believe it,” Winslet added. “The next thing I say is, ‘We need to radio set.’ I wanted [directorJames Cameron] to know right away.”
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Winslet, who plays the Na’vi character Ronal in the long-awaitedAvatarsequel, told the outlet that she only wound up attempting the seven-minute, 15-seconds long breath hold tobreak Cruise’s record.
“Well, I didn’thaveto hold my breath for over seven minutes,” Winslet explained. “It’s just that the opportunity to set a record presented itself.”
source: people.com
