The buzz around new film Revolutionary Road has been huge. Not only is it an adaptation of Richard Yates’ cult novel, it’s also the first time Kate Winslet and Leonardo di Caprio have acted together since the blockbuster Titanic. But as promotion for the film has begun, all that has been eclipsed by something else – Kate’s incredible new look.

She hasn’t been on a protein shake diet, or starting exercising for five hours a day with a personal trainer, but there’s no denying that, at the age of 33, Kate looks better than ever. ELLE caught up with the star to talk love, life and Leo. The full interview – and Kate’s coolest photoshoot yet – appear in the February issue of ELLE, on sale 7th Jan, but we’ve got a sneak preview for you…
Words by Louise Gannon
Kate Winslet has every excuse to be smug, yet in person she is funny, friendly and will disarm any compliment with a self-deprecating retort (‘Good skin? I actually have adult acne. I’m just wearing good spot cover-up’). As for her wonderful life, she rolls her eyes.
‘Yes, my life is incredible but, oh my God, I have to work at it. It’s the same for any working woman. You run and you work, you run and you work, and you try not to let anything drop.’

New film Revolutionary Road sees her reunited with Leo di Caprio for the first time since their record-setting appearance in Titanic. It was Kate who suggested him for the role. ‘As soon as I read the screenplay I knew Leo had to be in it. To me, no one could play Frank Wheeler but Leo. The great thing about him is that he’s not afraid to play a weak character and I just knew we would work as this married couple. But when I mentioned his name there was this silence. It was like I’d tempted fate by coming up with the dream pairing.’

The closeness between Kate and Leo is apparent on-screen – the casual intimacies of a married couple coming almost naturally, thanks to their long history. ‘Leo’s friendship is a major thing in my life. It’s a big relationship,’ says Kate. ‘We met when we were very young and did this incredible film [Titanic], which changed both our lives, but the best thing to come out of it was this friendship.’