Kate Winslet on Reuniting With Leonardo DiCaprio; TomKat Confessions
KATE WINSLET, ACTRESS: Look at us. We`re just like everyone else. We bought into the same ridiculous delusion, this idea that you have to settle down, resign from life.</s>HAMMER: Leo and Kate are back together on the big screen. Tonight, Kate Winslet tells me what it was like working with Leonardo DiCaprio again in their new film, "Revolutionary Road." Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. I`m A.J. Hammer in New York. Tonight, Kate Winslet`s "Titanic" reunion. It`s hard to believe, but it`s been more than a decade now since Kate and Leo co-starred in the blockbuster, "Titanic." And now, they`re in the new film, "Revolutionary Road." You`ve got to hear what Kate told me about the emotional reunion, her onscreen chemistry with Leo and what it was like with her husband directing the film right down to those steamy love scenes.</s>WINSLET: It really means a lot to me to have been a part of this film and to have worked with my husband, Sam, who I`d never worked with before and to be teamed up again with Leo. You know, it`s been an emotional and moving experience for me to, you know, see new sides of both of these men. You know, my husband, Sam - I could guess at what kind of a director he was going to be like. And I imagined he was going to be wonderful but I hadn`t actually experienced being under his guidance. And it was so revealing to me in a really great way. Don`t come any closer. I`ll let go.</s>LEONARDO DICAPRIO, ACTOR: No, you won`t.</s>WINSLET: With Leo, you know, we`re the same people but we are also very different now. You know, it`s 12 years on. We`re both older, a lot older. And we`ve both changed and changed as people and changed as actors. And to have the chemistry that we have and the history that we share was really beneficial to us in portraying Frank and April and the onscreen chemistry we had to have in these new roles. Would you still be wasting away your life in a job you find ridiculous?</s>DICAPRIO: Maybe you let that be my business, all right?</s>WINSLET: Your business?</s>HAMMER (on camera): Among the things that we see take place in "Revolutionary Road," your characters seem sort of trapped by the American dream. Your husband`s got the job. You`ve got the great house in the suburbs. You`ve got the kids. But it`s not exactly the way both of you saw life planning it out. Are you like me? Do you feel like some people are going to walk out of this film, maybe do a little soul-searching about their own lives?</s>WINSLET: I would hope so I think is the answer. Because, as you know, being a part of making movies is such an honor and a privilege. But one of the most exciting things is when it does make an audience go home and think. Even if it`s five minutes, you know, that really means a lot because at least you know that you managed to connect with an audience in some emotional way. I mean, I think it`s a portrait of a marriage. It`s a study of a marriage and it`s very honest and it`s very brutal in its honesty sometimes. And you don`t always see that on film.</s>HAMMER: Just great performances from both Kate and Leo. "Revolutionary Road" lands in theaters the day after Christmas. Well, calls just keep on coming in to the "Showbiz On Call" phone lines about everything from Britney Spears` comeback to Tom Cruise`s new image makeover. We`ve got one call I`ve got to play for you. It`s from Michael in Michigan. He says Britney`s new tour is exactly what the doctor ordered.</s>MICHAEL, CALLER FROM MICHIGAN: I believe in Britney. I`m a really big fan of hers. And I think that all that she needs to do is focus on her kids and her career, and I think she`ll be fine. I think she`s doing what she loves to do and that`s to perform and sing, you know. So I think it`s not too much too soon.</s>HAMMER: Well, thank you for your call, Michael. Another story that people have been calling in to "Showbiz On Call" about, Tom Cruise`s interview with Barbara Walters where he said he has changed a lot since he jumped on Oprah`s couch so famously. We heard from Sam. Now, Sam says all that bad press Tom got for the couch-jumping, much ado about nothing.</s>SAM, CALLER: I think it`s really awful that people want to criticize him for jumping up and down on the sofa. He was happy. He was excited. It`s not as though that was the first time anyone ever was excited about being in love. And I don`t think that that was crazy.</s>HAMMER: Sam, we thank you for calling in to "Showbiz On Call." You, too, can give us a buzz to let us know what`s on your mind. Of course, the "Showbiz On Call" phone lines always open and available to you - 1-888-SBT- BUZZ. Put it on your speed dial, number one please - 1-888-728-2899. Leave the voicemail. We`ll play your call right here on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. And your calls to "Showbiz On Call" also now online on our homepage - that is, www.CNN.com/ShowbizTonight Well, now we`d like to hear from you for our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT question of the day. This is what we`re asking - "Tom Cruise Back on Screen: Has he improved his image since the couch-jumping?" You can vote at CNN.com/ShowbizTonight. Our E-mail dress address is showbiztonight@cnn.com. Well, speaking of Tom Cruise, wait until you hear the TomKat confessions coming up. Katie Holmes speaking out about whether she`s a wallflower who`s lost control of her life while Tom speaks out about everything about the couch-jumping to whether he and Katie are going to have more kids. TomKat confessions on the way. And Oprah speaking out on Michelle Obama -</s>WINFREY: She is really herself. There`s no pretense there. She is the real, real, real deal.</s>HAMMER: Oprah with big plans for Obama`s inauguration, even planning to move her show to D.C. for the whole week and plenty to say about the new first lady. What Oprah told SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, coming up. And look out, the YouTube divorce lady is back with another video but this time a music video. The song "I`m Going Bonkers." And you`ve just got to see it for yourself coming up next.