If there was one person really rooting for Leonardo DiCaprio to finally win his Oscar tonight, it was Kate Winslet.
Winslet made her hopes for DiCaprio very clear in the run-up to the ceremony, and her face summed up her relief as she watched DiCaprio accept the Best Actor award for his role in The Revenant.
While DiCaprio gave a very collected speech, Winslet looked as if it was all proving too much to take in. All eyes were on Winslet and her reaction was picked up by the audience cam which focused on her face as he spoke.
DiCaprio, 41, had been nominated four times previously for an acting Oscar during his 25-year long career, and he was the favourite to walk away with the award this year.
He and Winslet have a friendship spanning 20 years after meeting on the set ofTitanic and forging Hollywood's most obsessed-over platonic relationship. Winslet recently declared DiCaprio “her closest friend in the world” and he created a “collective aww” backstage at the 2016 Baftas by praising her as “my homegirl”.
Their appearances together only serve to endear the pair to the public even more. They were spotted walking down the red carpet together at the Oscars, where Leo had taken his mother as his plus one, leading to many 'Kate and Leo' montages.
Winslet is all too aware of how their friendship still captivates Titanic fans.
“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 said after the Screen Actors Guild awards ceremony earlier this month. “It’s been 20 years and people still get such a kick out of it.”
