At age 50, Kate Winslet is currently celebrating and promoting her directorial debut, the emotional Christmas-set family drama Goodbye June, in which she also co-stars opposite Toni Collette and Helen Mirren. (It’ll be available to stream on Christmas Eve via Netflix subscription.) But if one were to go back in time 35-40 years ago, they might stumble across the point when the now-esteemed actress was body-shamed by both classmates and a particular drama teacher who doubted Winslet’s chances of achieving success.
While speaking on the Desert Islands Discs podcast about the complications and challenges of directing while also being the lead actress in a movie, Winslet reflected on her grade school years and addressed the awful way she was treated by peers young and old. As she put it:
