Hollywood star Kate Winslet has broken Tom Cruise’s on-set record for holding her breath underwater while filming Avatar: The Way Of Water.
The actress stayed submerged for seven minutes and 15 seconds, beating his six minutes during Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
The English actress, 47, stayed submerged for seven minutes and 15 seconds while filming a scene for the highly anticipated blockbuster sequel.
She beat Cruise, who held his breath for six minutes during Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.
Ms Winslet, who plays Metkayina matriarch Ronal in the upcoming film, said she had video evidence of the achievement, which had been taken by her husband – who had sneaked onto the set during production.
Speaking at a global press conference ahead of the film’s launch, she said: “I actually have a video of when I surface from that breath-hold.
“And the only reason I have it is because my husband snuck in.
“I said, ‘Please don’t come because I just don’t want you videoing. I’ll just feel pressure, just please don’t do that’, and he snuck in.”
She continued: “I have the video of me surfacing saying, ‘Am I dead? Have I died?’ And then going ‘what was it?’ – straightaway I wanted to know my time.
“I couldn’t believe that it was 7.15 but having been told it’s 7.15 – you want to know what the next thing I say is? We need to radio set
“I wanted (Cameron) to know right away, that’s the first thing I wanted to do – it definitely wasn’t a competition.”
The Avatar sequel has reunited Winslet and director James Cameron on set for the first time since the 1997 blockbuster Titanic.
Cameron admitted: “I’m still p—– off because I’ve been a free diver for 50 years and you smoked past me and everybody else.”
Ms Winslet also joked that when coming back to work with Cameron she had expected “the absolute best of everything” because of the director’s “precision” and “meticulous” thought.
The original sci-fi epic from 2009 became the highest-grossing film of all time and went on to win three Oscars for its stunning visual effects, cinematography and art direction.
