![]() ![]() "My husband (theater director Jim Simpson) and I both did 6 ½ minutes, which was astonishing to us and our teacher, Kirk Krack, who teaches the Navy SEALs. "We were delighted for Kate that she did that," Weaver says. Winslet's co-star, Sigourney Weaver, insists there was no breath-holding competition among the "Avatar" cast. I was amazed how good I was at it and how I just kept getting better." "I mean, I don't know Tom at all – I've never met him in my life – but I'm sure he's getting very fed up of hearing this story of how I broke his record. The grueling work paid off for Winslet, who held her breath underwater for seven minutes and 14 seconds while filming "Avatar 2." She broke a record previously held by Tom Cruise, who lasted six minutes underwater shooting 2015's "Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation." The actress says she hasn't heard from Cruise about besting his time. Our review: Prepare for a visually stunning return to Pandora in 'Avatar 2' It's a sport, it's a skill, and your body adjusts to be able to do that thing. ![]() It's the same as scuba diving: You have to have a buddy. "He trained with me so that if I needed to practice without our instructor there we were safe because you really can't do it by yourself. "Ned is an extremely fit, healthy person and is capable of a great many things," Winslet says. Her husband, businessman Edward Abel Smith, practiced alongside her for support. In the months leading up to production, Winslet trained extensively in free-diving to learn how to hold her breath underwater for the film's many sequences of Ronal riding "skimwing" (a sort of flying fish) and speaking to "tulkun" (the Pandoran version of a giant whale). Because that's who she is: a mother and a leader living with integrity and truth, and also physically very robust and resilient." "And he certainly knows how far I can be pushed and the challenges that I'm happy to meet, so it made sense to me why he would consider that I might be interested in Ronal. "I'm a mother now, and he knows who I am as a parent as well as an actor," Winslet says. Winslet, 47, says she was "immediately on board" when Cameron approached her about the role, which was entirely done with motion capture technology. ![]()
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