“It was so painful, she didn’t have a lot of time”: Kate Winslet Leaving Her Friend Behind After She Became Famous Was Infuriating For Her
Big Hollywood stars can get extremely busy with all their projects which sometimes leads to drifting apart from friends and such. That is seemingly what happened with Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey as the latter shared recently on the Happy Sad Confused Podcast. Lynskey opened up about feeling hurt and sad when Winslet’s busy schedule and fame eventually made them drift apart. Nevertheless, as an understanding friend, Lynskey always looked up to the Titanic star as an inspiration.
Furthermore, she also added that striking up a friendship with co-stars happened more than once. However, in one such instance, she was left disappointed as the friendship seemed to be a one-sided affair.
Melanie Lynskey Was Hurt After Drifting Apart From Kate Winslet
Recently, Melanie Lynskey opened up about her past friendship with Kate Winslet. Working in the 1994 flick Heavenly Creatures, Winslet and Lynskey naturally struck up a close friendship. However, in the coming years, as the Titanic actor rose to fame, she seemed to have lesser and lesser time to spend with Lynskey. While opening up in the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the Yellowjackets star revealed that it had been worse than a breakup. Lynskey shared, “It was so painful.”
Further, she also added that it was all due to Winslet’s rise to become a “gigantic International” star. She added, “and she didn’t have a lot of time.”
And as happens with people, work schedules eventually came in between their bond. Nevertheless, Lynskey has only nice things to say about her old friend.
She praised the Mare of Easttown star for navigating through all the negative criticisms she received after becoming an international star. According to her, Winslet was a “sensitive” soul, and therefore all the negativity she received only worried Lynskey on her old friend’s behalf. But the way the Titanic star carried herself gracefully throughout the whole thing “inspired” her greatly.
Melanie Lynskey’s Friendship Was Once Rejected By a Co-star
In the same podcast, Melanie Lynskey also talked about another experience. According to her, while extending out her friends to one of her co-stars, she was allegedly rejected immediately. The “co-star” had replied to Lynskey saying, “Yeah, I’m not friends with actors”
The thing that shocked her about the incident was that she had expected the other actor to be used to becoming friends with co-stars. As Lynskey explained, the actor had been in the industry longer than her, therefore, she had expected otherwise.
Source: People
