For Sale: The Nude Kate Winslet 'Titanic' Sketch
Back when
Leonardo DiCaprio was still on the pages of mags like Tiger Beat and
Kate Winslet was a little-known British actress, there was a movie that brought both actors together for a life-changing experience -- James Cameron's disaster drama,
'Titanic.' The result became the highest-grossing movie of all time, a title only recently taken away by Cameron's own
'Avatar.'
Over the weekend, a famous prop from the blockbuster film -- a nude drawing of Kate Winslet -- was auctioned off. The
Telegraph reported the art was expected to rake in close to £10,000 (over $16,000). The drawing is sketched by DiCaprio's character in the movie, but was actually drafted by James Cameron himself (those are even his hands at work).
The drawing was up for grabs from movie memorabilia house Premiere Props, who sell items like
Nic Cage's used, sweaty wig from 'Season of the Witch,' but we imagine that far more movie fans were clamoring to get their hands on a nude Kate Winslet.
As if we need to remind you of the plot, in 'Titanic' Winslet plays 17-year-old socialite Rose, who survives the 1912 sinking of the passenger liner that struck an iceberg, killing almost 1,500 people. DiCaprio stars as Jack, a 20-year-old who doesn't have a penny to his name but falls for the young girl who is engaged to a wealthy man almost twice her age.
It's hard to talk about the "drawing scene" in the film -- or the entire movie, really -- without thinking of
every pop culture parody that grew out of Jack and Rose's melodramatic relationship, but it's a tender moment that also plays into a big part of the storyline. After the couple make out for a bit, they head back to Rose's suite where she shows him the Heart of the Ocean, a fancy-pants diamond necklace belonging to her fiancee, Cal (Billy Zane). Rose asks Jack to draw her wearing the necklace and nothing else. Eighty-four years later, the drawing helps a treasure hunter find Rose so he can learn her story.
Cue Celine Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On' times infinity.
Written by Alison Nastasi at Moviefone.
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Why bother to spend all that money on a nude of her? You get an updated pic every single time she makes a film. This woman thinks she has to take her clothes off for every role. Stop already Kate.
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Olivia. do shut up.
Have to agree with Olivia here. In "The Reader," constantly nude and most recently, "Mildred Pierce," nude! Great actress and beautiful woman though.
I thinketh Olivia misses the point, dear friends, but that's okeh.
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wow big bucks for titanic porn. that was the best part of the movie
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Thank you Mike. I find it so sad when someone replies with a "shut up" because they do not have an intelligent response. I was just stating fact.If the film warrants nudity which some do then fine. Most of Ms. Winslets nudes are unnecessary. Yes, she is beautiful and talented. I'm beautiful too. I use my mind and not my body.
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