Kate Winslet recollects a moment of faintness on the set of Sense and Sensibility (exclusive)

Kate Winslet was not merely enduring the frigid waters as she did in Titanic, nor was she stranded amidst snow-covered mountains as depicted in The Mountain Between Us. However, in what might otherwise appear as a relatively placid cinematic production, the 1995 Jane Austen adaptation, Sense and Sensibility, directed by Ang Lee, held its perilous instances for the renowned British actress.



As recounted in a 25th anniversary reunion dialogue with Winslet, Lee, and other cast and crew members, featured as an extra segment within the Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Volume 2 (watch an exclusive excerpt above), the actress experienced a moment of unconsciousness during the filming.



Winslet playfully dismisses the memory during the reunion, highlighting how her swoon inadvertently played a role in uniting co-stars Emma Thompson (who was also the author of the screenplay) and Greg Wise, who would eventually marry in 2003.

"I distinctly recall [the fainting], and I further recall subsequently becoming an inadvertent participant in a very early interaction between [Emma and Greg]," Winslet remarks. "For as I was succumbing to faintness and hypothermia, Greg was endeavoring to warm [me] by tucking my feet beneath his armpits. Therefore, I found myself betwixt Greg at one extremity and Emma at the opposing end, offering words of comfort in the form of, 'You shall recover. Allow me to administer a gentle rub.'"



"Little did I fathom that their camaraderie was burgeoning at my expense," Wise interjects humorously, adding, "One might say, over my nearly lifeless form."

"You were perhaps harboring the wish for my demise, longing for a fleeting juncture of levity," Winslet jests.

The moment of Winslet's swoon transpired after approximately fifty takes of the scene in which her teenage character, Marianne Dashwood, stumbles and collapses in the rain before being carried home by her admirer, John Willoughby (portrayed by Wise). The cast was drenched under the ceaseless deluge from a rain-producing apparatus, resulting in Winslet succumbing to hypothermia.



Winslet would later encounter another bout of hypothermia during the filming of her most renowned endeavor, the 1997 blockbuster, Titanic. Reflecting on that experience during an interview with Stephen Colbert in 2017, she candidly stated, "I was exceedingly chilled. Vast tanks brimming with water loomed, a vast expanse of water that defied any attempts at heating."

Yet, Sense and Sensibility was not the sole cinematic venture where Winslet succumbed to unconsciousness.

A comparable incident unfolded during the production of 2004's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, during a scene in which she and Jim Carrey were positioned within an outsized basin. In this instance, the water was notably warm, yet its extended immersion led the actress to feel light-headed after three hours had elapsed.

"I emerged," she recounted upon the movie's release, "and sought refreshment, uttering, 'Might I partake of some water?' Whereupon, I lost consciousness."

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