Kate Winslet immediately made sure that her film daughter Bailey Bass felt comfortable on the set of “Avatar: The Way of Water”.
The 19-year-old actress plays Tsireya, the daughter of Tonowari (Cliff Curtis) and Ronal (Winslet), the leaders of the aquatic Metkayina clan, in the science fiction sequel.
And the new girl was nervous about working with the Titanic legend, but she made her feel comfortable and even hugged her when they met.
In an interview with the latest issue of Empire magazine, Bailey said of her A-list co-star: “I freaked out because it was like Rose from Titanic!”
We’re at rehearsal and she comes in… and gives me a big hug.
“I thought, ‘Okay, so she’s normal.’
You can talk about anything and she is there for you.”
The teenager says the film “really changed her life.”
She said: “It’s not something that happens every day. My mother is a single mother and she worked so hard. And to see her child’s dream come true… you put aside all the incredible things that can happen, like being able to support your family financially. But more than that, Avatar launched my career. It really changed my life.”
Kate recently admitted that it was her children who convinced her to accept a role in the film.
The 47-year-old actress reunited with her Titanic director James Cameron to star in his long-awaited sequel to the 2009 flick, and she agreed to play Ronal after a phone call from the filmmaker left her children in turmoil.
She told People magazine: “He called me and described the role to me and I thought, ‘That sounds amazing’ and my kids said, ‘Oh my God, Mom, you have to do that!'”
