In August 2011, Kate Winslet would have returned to the time of the filming of titanic fifteen years earlier to refresh his ideas. The actress saw her dream family vacation turn into a nightmare. At the time, she was in the villa that Richard Branson had built on an island in the Caribbean. Nothing could predict, between fine sand, sun and coconut palm, that the worst would happen. But in the middle of the night, the house suddenly caught fire, pushing the tenants, in a deep sleep, to come out in extremis to take shelter from the flames. The star of The Holidays was accompanied by her two eldest children, Joe and Mia. A traumatic event that Kate Winslet never forgot and which transformed her forever. In an interview with Candis magazine in 2020, the British actress revealed that the accident had had consequences: “It definitely made me more anxious, and more paranoid about house fires. […] It’s the worst drama I’ve ever experienced“.
Like all victims of fire, Kate Winslet now has reflexes that she did not have before, such as systematically extinguishing lit candles and checking that all electronic devices are switched off before going to sleep. Fortunately, Kate Winslet has not experienced anything like this since the incident that almost cost her her life. If she would like to chase her memories from her memory, the best friend of Leonardo DiCaprio cannot hide everything, since as surprising as it may seem, the fire also brought her a nice surprise: her husband Edward Abel Smith.
Edward Abel Smith, nephew of the wealthy Richard Branson, was present at the scene at the time of the fire. Seeing the efficient and cool manner with which he acted in such a situation, Kate Winslet revealed that she knew straight away that she would marry the gentleman. She had been right. In December 2012, the lovers said ‘yes’ before becoming parents of a little boy named Bear a year later. More than ten years later, the flame is still not extinguished.