Husband directs Kate Winslet’s love scenes with Leonardo DiCaprio

It’s been 11 years since Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio co-starred in the Oscar-winning blockbuster “Titanic,” and Winslet says a spark remains between them. Kate’s husband Sam Mendes  who helmed “American Beauty” and “Road to Perdition,”, directed the stars in the upcoming drama “Revolutionary Road.” Winslet was eager to bring DiCaprio on board, and set up a sneaky way to do it: She arranged a meeting with the DiCaprio in March 2007, but sent her husband in her place instead.

“Leo and I have such a history together and I couldn’t imagine not being able to apply that to this story and these characters,” she says. “So I played this very clever cat-and-mouse game to get my husband and then my best friend involved.”

They play suburban couple Frank and April Wheeler in “Revolutionary Road,” based on Richard Yates’ 1961 novel. It is scheduled for release in December, just in time for Oscar consideration. Winslet tells Entertainment Weekly magazine:

“We knew that if we were going to do something again, it had to be something big and emotional.`Revolutionary Road’ is so painful and beautiful to read, simply because of the brutality of the honesty that Frank and April end up experiencing together.”I hadn’t realized how much my chemistry with him since `Titanic’ would still stick,” says the 32-year-old actress. “It’s great to discover we can just slip right into it, like muscle memory.”

Speaking of chemistry and slipping right into it, there was a sex scene in the movie that proved more than a little awkward for the husband and wife team.  Winslet tells:

“I just kept saying, `This is too … weird,’”  “And Leo was like, `Oh, get over it.’ And I’m going, `Yeah, a little reminder: You’re my best friend. He’s my husband. This is a bit weird.’”

Mendes, says, “I will admit it was quite bizarre to direct my wife in how to make love. But it’s difficult whether you’re married to a person or not.”

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