Theirs is a friendship that continues to fascinate the world 20 years after they first shared a screen together on Titanic.
After meeting on set as young adults, Leonardo DiCaprio, 41, and Kate Winslet, 40, have forged Hollywood's favourite platonic relationship.
The obsession with the duo is now reaching fever pitch as Winslet continues to endorse DiCaprio for his Oscar-nominated turn in The Revenant. The actress is so hopeful DiCaprio could get the Best Actor accolade she almost forgot about her own success at the Golden Globes during a recent interview.
Their appearances together only serve to endear the pair to the public even more and they have survived the tabloid rumours, speculation and gossip that plague any friendship or couple living under the spotlight.
A comment from one about the other is also enough to send fans into a frenzy, with Winslet’s most recent tongue-in-cheek joke confirming fan theories about there being enough room on the Titanic door to save her fictional lover from drowning capturing the world’s attention.
Addressing the fuss her comment caused at the Baftas on Sunday evening, she told People: ”Do you know what's lovely? So much time has passed that it doesn't matter what I say now. It’s not going to be a story that causes a huge furore. It'll just be something that makes people laugh.
“Thank God for time and the passing of it, that's all I can say!”
The preoccupation with the pair shows little sign of abating, particularly after Winslet declared DiCaprio “her closest friend in the world” and he created a “collective aww” backstage at the Batas by praising her as “my homegirl”.
“People are always so excited to see Leo and myself in the same space, which you know at the end of the day that is so lovely, isn’t it,” Winslet admitted after the Screen Actors Guild awards earlier this month. “It’s been 20 years and people still get such a kick out of it.”
