Longtime associates and iconic “Titanic” co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet reunited on Nov. 19 on the Concord Gold theater in Los Angeles (by way of Individuals) for a particular screening of Winslet’s “Lee,” which opened in theaters earlier this fall. DiCaprio launched Winslet by calling her “one of many nice abilities of my era.” The reward almost introduced Winslet to tears.

“Kate Winslet has devoted herself to the movie and to honoring Lee’s legacy for over the course of 9 years,” DiCaprio advised the viewers. “I bear in mind her talking about this to me personally. This has been an enormous ardour undertaking for her, and it’s a journey that speaks to the depth of Kate’s ardour and her dedication to telling tales that have to be remembered.”

“Kate, my expensive pal, your work on this movie has been nothing in need of transformative,” DiCaprio continued. “I proceed to be awestruck. I proceed to admire your power, your integrity, your expertise, and your ardour to each single undertaking that you just create. So with out additional ado, one of many nice abilities of my era, the one and solely Kate Winslet.”

As Winslet took the stage to large applause, she advised the gang: “I can’t even have a look at Leo now or else I’ll cry.”

Winslet produced and starred in “Lee,” a biographical drama concerning the American warfare correspondent and photographer Lee Miller. The actor’s relationship to DiCaprio dates again to James Cameron’s blockbuster “Titanic,” which earned Winslet an Oscar nomination and catapulted her and DiCaprio into international superstars. The movie held the document for highest-grossing film of all time till Cameron’s “Avatar” surpassed it.

Cameron revealed to GQ just a few years in the past that DiCaprio nearly misplaced out on the film due to his refusal to do a display take a look at for the function of Jack. Winslet had already been solid as Rose on the time.

“[Leo] got here again a few days later, and I had the digital camera set as much as document the video,” Cameron mentioned. “He didn’t know he was going to check. He thought it was one other assembly to satisfy Kate. So I mentioned, ‘Okay, we’ll simply go within the subsequent room, and we’ll run some traces and I’ll video it.’ And he mentioned, ‘You imply, I’m studying?’ I mentioned, ‘Yeah.’ He mentioned, ‘Oh, I don’t learn.’ I shook his hand and mentioned, ‘Thanks for coming by.’”

Cameron was prepared to show away DiCaprio proper then and there, however the actor got here again to him and mentioned, “Wait, wait, wait. If I don’t learn, I don’t get the half? Similar to that?” Cameron responded, “Oh, yeah. Come on. It is a big film that’s going to take two years of my life, and also you’ll be gone doing 5 different issues whereas I’m doing post-production. So, I’m not going to fuck it up by making the incorrect determination in casting. So, you’re going to learn, otherwise you’re not going to get the half.’”

DiCaprio determined to learn, and the remainder is historical past. He would go on to reunite with Winslet years later within the 2008 drama “Revolutionary Street,” for which Winslet gained a Golden Globe award.