{"id":554642,"date":"2025-11-07T07:33:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T07:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/554642\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T07:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T07:33:15","slug":"the-forgotten-hit-song-kate-winslet-wants-to-delete-from-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/554642\/","title":{"rendered":"The forgotten hit song Kate Winslet wants to delete from history"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Credits: Far Out \/ YouTube Still)<\/p>\n

Fri 7 November 2025 1:00, UK <\/p>\n

Like many of her peers, Kate Winslet<\/a> struggles to watch herself on screen.<\/p>\n

In fact, Winslet\u2019s displeasure with catching herself in the shoes of another character is so strong that she feels a visceral reaction whenever she\u2019s subjected to it. And it\u2019s not just because she feels uncomfortable, it\u2019s the fact that she\u2019s also anticipating a realisation one day that, after all this time, she has no acting skill whatsoever.<\/p>\n

As she admitted back in 2005, \u201cSometimes I\u2019m scared that I\u2019m going to be hit with this awful realisation that I\u2019ve been bad all these years.\u201d <\/p>\n

Detailing further, Winslet went on, \u201cI\u2019d rather be oblivious and that way I could still try to get better, as opposed to being depressed about how crap I was. Which is a really twisted thing to say. But it\u2019s true. It\u2019s confronting.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was probably a struggle, therefore, to agree to Vanity Fair\u2019s journey down memory lane last year when she was subjected to rewatching scenes from some of her most iconic films, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Regime, and, of course, Titanic. However, this time around, it became clear that Winslet\u2019s own disenchantment with some of her hits \u2013 Titanic included \u2013 had more to do with disillusionment than accidentally finding out that she\u2019s bad at acting.<\/p>\n

With the James Cameron blockbuster in particular, Winslet recalled a wardrobe struggle during the famous bow \u201cI\u2019m flying\u201d scene, with no connection whatsoever to the otherwise emotional romance unfolding in the scene itself. As someone who was there, it\u2019s clear there\u2019s no mythology to feel especially fantastical about when her experience overshadows the story and legacy, plus the added haunt of that song that follows her to this day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Kate<\/a>Kate Winslet in 2011. (Credits: Far Out \/ Andrea Raffin)<\/p>\n

It might also be a dosage of British dryness, but Winslet seems the most sceptical of moments that took audiences by surprise. She might take issue with the basic act of watching herself on screen, but what especially irks her are one-offs that she can\u2019t seem to escape from. One example of this, as you might have guessed, was her unexpected hit, \u2018What If\u2019, recorded and solidified with a yearly seasonal resurgence for the film Christmas Carol: The Movie. <\/p>\n

A few years back, Greg James playfully reminded her of its success, made her watch part of the video, and urged her to open up about how it came about in the first place. \u201cI really do hate you,\u201d she joked. \u201cI had the whole story behind that. So, I provided the voice for an animated version of A Christmas Carol, and the producers come to me, and they said, \u2018Oh, we\u2019d like to give your character a song.\u2019 I said, \u2018That\u2019s a nice idea,\u2019 and they said, \u2018Would you like to sing it?\u2019 I said, \u2018Well, I can sing a bit, I\u2019ll give it a go, and if you think it\u2019s crap, I really don\u2019t mind, if you just ditch it and get a proper person to do it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

She then said they wanted to release the song, which she agreed to on the condition that all proceeds would go to charity. She hadn\u2019t anticipated the fact that people would misinterpret the project as her launching a music career when she\u2019d known all along it was just a one-off \u2013 and one that would come back to haunt her time and time again. <\/p>\n

\u201cWatching myself on screen is one of my worst things anyway,\u201d she told James after repeatedly asking him (lightheartedly) to \u201cturn it off, turn it off!\u201d <\/p>\n

She went on, \u201cBut singing and watching myself has got to be up there. I\u2019ll sometimes go into restaurants and the restaurant will think, \u2018Surely she\u2019d love it if we played either that or [Celine Dion\u2019s \u2018My Heart Will Go On\u2019]. [\u2026] I just expect it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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